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ALATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
Example:
alate seeds of a maple tree
Synonyms:
alate; alated
Classified under:
Similar:
winged (having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind)
Derivation:
ala (a wing of an insect)
ala (a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism)
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