[f. FLAGELL-UM + -ATE2.]
1. Biol. a. Furnished with vibratile flagella. b. = FLAGELLIFORM.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., ii. 79, 81. Those flagellate Infusoria which are termed ‘monads.’
1878. Bell, Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 21. The cell runs out into a fine process, and forms a flagellate cell.
2. Bot. Having runners or runner-like branches.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 379. The male branch may therefore continue to grow at the summit, and become an ordinary flagellate branch.
