rostellate

rostellate [ros-tl-eyt, -it, ro-stel-it] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. having a rostellum.

Origin of rostellate 1820–30; Latin rōstell(um) rostellum + -ate1 Examples from the Web for rostellate Historical Examples of rostellate

Moggridge figures a flower of Ophrys insectifera in which the rostellate process was replaced by an anther.

Vegetable Teratology

Maxwell T. Masters