stellate

stellate
stellately, adv.
/stel"it, -ayt/, adj.
like the form of a conventionalized figure of a star; star-shaped.
Also, stellated.
[1490-1500; < L stellatus starry, equiv. to stell(a) STAR + -atus -ATE1]

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