prop. n. A genus of low slender herbs of North America and Northeast Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals.
Syn. -- genus Mitella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. stellaris, fr. stella a star. See Star. ] 1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ These soft fires ] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar. ] 1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Radiation of light. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]