Definition of "stipitate" []

• Supported on or having a stipe. (adjective)

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• "The fourth _glume_ is white, coriaceous, smooth and shining, oblong, acute, shortly and broadly stipitate, with the margins folded inwards exposing only a third of the palea; _palea_ is similar to the glume in texture and marking."
• "The fourth glume is much smaller than the third, stipitate, bisexual or female, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, flat, thinly coriaceous, nerveless and paleate; the palea is hyaline, as broad as the glume, acute and nerveless."
• "Plants soft when young, becoming firm, some woody or corky, stipitate, shelving, or spread over the wood, _Polyporus_."