a. Biol. [f. as prec. + -ATE; cf. L. clypeātus armed with a shield.] Shaped like a buckler or round shield. So also † Clypeated.
1711. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXVII. 388. Clipeated Candy Clover.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 252. Clypeate, resembling a round buckler.
In Treas. Bot. (1866).
