different between hederated vs hederate

English

From Hedera, the genus of ivy.

hederated

Decorated with ivy; covered by ivy.
- 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, Bantam Books 2008, page 47:
  If a campus was a green quadrilateral described by hulking, hederated Gothics, then this was a campus.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hederated.

From Hedera +? -ate. See hederic acid for more.

hederate (plural hederates)

(chemistry, obsolete) Any salt of hederic acid, an organic compound first extracted from ivy seeds, now called hederagenin.

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