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ALATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alate mean?
• ALATE (adjective)
The adjective ALATE has 1 sense:
1. (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
Familiarity information: ALATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
Synonyms:
alate; alated
Context example:
alate seeds of a maple tree
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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