exstipulate, a. Bot.
(ɛkˈstɪpjʊlət)
[f. ex- prefix1 + L. stipul-a stalk (see stipule) + -ate2.]
Having no stipules.
| [1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Exstipulatus.] 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 53 Shrubs with alternate..exstipulate leaves. 1870 Bentley Bot. 128 When the stipules are absent, it is exstipulate. |