HyperDic: alate

English > 1 sense of the word alate:
ADJECTIVEallalate, alated(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
English > alate: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions.
Examples
  • "alate leaves"
  • "alate seeds of a maple tree"
Synonymalated
BroaderwingedHaving wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
Spanishalado
Nounsalaa wing of an insect
alaa flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism

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