stellate

Other forms: stellately

Definitions of stellate
  1. adjective
    arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
    “a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals”
    synonyms: radial, radiate
    symmetric, symmetrical
    having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
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