stellularadj.
/ˈstɛljʊlə/ Having the form of a small star or small stars.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > star-shaped
starlike1578
star fashion1597
starry1597
star-shaped1646
asteristic1652
stellaceous1657
stellate1661
stellated1661
stellar1670
astral1672
stelliform1794
stellular1796
asteroid1854
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 169 Fracture coarse,..but commonly stellular.
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 233 Stellular diverging, when the fibres diverge in all directions, like the radii of a circle, as in brown hematite.
1838 G. A. Mantell Wonders Geol. II. 477 The Red Coral..consists of a bright red, stony axis, invested with a..gelatinous substance..which is studded over with stellular polypi.
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. 232 Stellate, stellular, starry or star-like.
1885 Harper's Mag. Dec. 141/2 Here and there an isolated stellular light illumined the snow.
Derivatives
ˈstellularly adv.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > star
starlike1595
stellularly1796
stelliformly1822
stellatedly1833
stellately1847
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 278 Acicular prisms, concentrically or stellularly arranged.
1821 R. Jameson Man. Mineral. 5 Crystals, which are scopiformly or stellularly aggregated.
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adj.1796