Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar.]

1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.

2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)