Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stipitate \Stip"i*tate\, a. [NL. stipitatus, from L. stipes,
   gen. stipitis, a stock. See {Stipe}.] (Bot.)
   Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of
   most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.