peltate

/pel-teyt/US // ˈpɛl teɪt //UK // (ˈpɛlteɪt) //

盾状物,盾状的,盾形物,盾状物的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Botany.
- : having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.

Thus it is proper to describe the shape of the indusium as peltate.
Style very short and thick, stigma peltate, divided into 10 parts.
Anthers of irregular shape, peltate, with the borders deeply undulate.
Cones globular, with peltate, valvate scales, firmly closed till ripe; the scales thick and pointed at the center.
Fruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.