a. Bot. [f. EX- pref.1 + L. stipul-a stalk (see STIPULE) + -ATE2.] Having no stipules.
[1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., Exstipulatus.]
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 53. Shrubs with alternate … exstipulate leaves.
1870. Bentley, Bot., 128. When the stipules are absent, it is exstipulate.
