stellary

[Eng. stellar; -y.] Stellar, astral. "An infinite infinity of such groups of stellary orbs.Stukely: Palæog. Sacra, p. 43. stěl-lā-tæ, s. pl. [Fem. pl. of Lat. stell at us =set with stars, starry.] Bot .: The forty-fourth order in Linnæus' Nat ural System. Genera, Galium, Hedyotis, Spigelia, Cornus (?), Coffea, . Retained, in a restricted sense, by Ray, Decandolle, Hooker, ., as a synonym of Galiacese (q. v.). fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, 3848 stěl-lāte, stel-lāt-ěd, a . & 8. [Lat. stell at us , pa. par. of stello to set with stars; stella =a star.] A. As adjective ( of both forms): 1. Ord . Lang .: Resembling a star; radiated. 2. Bot .: Divided into segments, radiating from a common center. B. As substantive ( of the form stellate): Bot. (pl.): The Galiaceae (q. v.). stellate-bristle or hair, s. Bot. ( pl .): Bristles or hairs growing in tufts from the surface, and diverging a little from their center, as in the mallows. stellate-flower, s. Bot.: A radiate flower. stellate-leaves, s. pl. Bot.: Leaves in a whorl, verticillate leaves. stellate-ligament, s. Anat .: The anterior cos to-central ligament of the ribs. Called also the Radiated ligament. stellated-bandage, s . [STELLA.] *stěl-lā-tion, subst . [STELLATE.] Radiation of light, as from a star. stěl-lā-to-, pref. [STELLATE.] Radiating, stel late. IMG:content-0267.jpg:[blocks in formation] By some explained as fixed, from stell =to fix. Stěl-ler, s . [Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1745), a German physician, naturalist, and traveler, for many years in the Ru ian service. (See compounds.) Steller's blue-jay, s . Ornith.: Cyanocitta stelleri . Steller's rhytina, s . [RHYTINA.] Steller's sea-lion, s . [SEA-LION.] stěl-ler-id, stel-ler-I-dan, s. [STELLERIDEA.] Any individual of the Stellerid a, Stellerides, or Stelleridea (q.1.). stěl-lěr-i-da, stěl-lěr ́-i-dēş, s. pl. [STELLER IDEA.] stěl-lěr-i-dan, s. [STELLERID.] stěl-ler-Id-ě-a, s. pl. [Formed from Lat. stella =a star.] Zool.: A term introduced by Lamarck for a section of Echinoderm at a, equivalent to the Linnean genus Asterias. It was afterward used by Blainville, Pictet, and others, in almost the same sense. The names Stellerid a and Stellerides occur in a similar sense. *stěl-ler-ine, 8. [STELLERUS.] Zoology : An old name for any individual of the genus Rhytina (q. v.). *stěl-ler-ŭs, s . [Mod. Lat., from Steller (q. v.).] Zoology: Cuvier's name for the genus Rhytina (q. v.). stěl-lif-er-oŭs, a . [Lat. stella =a star; fero =to bear, to produce, and Eng. adj. suff.- ous . Having or abounding with stars, or anything resembling stars.