- Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem
of a star. - Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common
center; as, stellate flowers.
- Container - That which serves, or is used, for receiving and
containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a
repository. - The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of
the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of
Flower, and Ovary. - The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common
support to a head of flowers. - An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or
other matters. - A special branch which bears the fructification in many
cryptogamous plants.
- Willow herb - the oleander. - Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. - An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers,
common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.