Radial

Radial [ Biology - Botany ]
Adverb: Radially
Synonyms: Symmetric, Stellate or Starlike
Derived form: Radiating

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Radiating from or converging to a common centre. Having or characterized by parts so arranged or so radiating. Developing symmetrically about a central point.

Radial spines of Coryphantha echinoidea	In biology the term radial describe the arrangement of parts of an organism (such as the petals of a flower, the rays of a starfish or the spines of a cactus) in which the parts develop in a circular symmetrical arrangement around a central point: Radial projections; Also applied to a rootstock in which the fronds radiate and the roots are borne on all sides of the organ. ( See: Radial symmetry }	Stellate flowers of Stapelia flavopurpurea
	Stellate (radial) stem of Astrophytum cohauilense

(From Latin "radius" ray)

To radiate (Verb)

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