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Belated; too late. [Obs.] Shak.

Furnished with aciculæ.

Clouded; obscured. [R.]

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Adorned with eagles' heads.

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

Having an aril.

of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).

United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.

Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zoöl.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes o…

Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton.

Biangular.

Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.