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Stellate

[STEL-leyt]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Latin, 16th century

1.

Arranged in a radiating pattern like that of a star.

Examples of Stellate in a sentence

"My daughter arranged glow-in-the-dark stickers in a stellate pattern on the wall of her bedroom."

"The musician’s dressing room had a stellate symbol scrawled on the door in marker."

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