Alated (Adjective)
Meaning
(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The samaras of the red maple are alate, with two seeds connected at their bases.
- In the class Insecta, alate individuals often have non-alate counterparts.
- The alate leaves of the silver birch tree are narrow and almost twice as long as they are wide.
- A few of the beetles in the genus were alate, while others were wingless.
- Certain plant species have evolved to produce alate seeds to disperse more widely.