Alate
A winged reproductive caste from a social insect colony in its winged form
Alate (Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”)) is an adjective and noun used in entomology and botany to refer to something that has wings or winglike structures.[1]
In botany
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In botany "alate" refers to winglike structures on some seeds that use wind dispersal. It is also used to describe flattened ridges which run longitudinally on stems.[2]
References
External links
The dictionary definition of alate at Wiktionary
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