SG Heritage Dictionary

Pelta [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.

2. A flat apothecium having no rim.

Peltae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Peltate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Peltate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, having the shape of a target or round shield, as a peltate stigma; having the petiole inserted in the disk, as a peltate leaf.

Peltate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Peltated

Peltated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.

Peltately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the form of a target.