a. [f. late L. stellula, dim. of stella star + -AR.] Having the form of a small star or small stars.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 169. Fracture coarse,… but commonly stellular.
1805–17. R. Jameson, Char. Min. (ed. 3), 238. Stellular diverging, when the fibres diverge in all directions, like the radii of a circle, as in brown hematite.
1833. Mantell, Wonders Geol. (1838), II. 477. The Red Coral … consists of a bright red, stony axis, invested with a … gelatinous substance … which is studded over with stellular polypi.
1857. A. Gray, First Less. Bot., 232. Stellate, stellular, starry or star-like.
1885. Mary Noailles Murfree (‘C. E. Craddock’), in Harper’s Mag., Dec., 141/2. Here and there an isolated stellular light illumined the snow.
Hence Stellularly adv.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 278. Acicular prisms, concentrically or stellularly arranged.
1821. R. Jameson, Man. Min., 5. Crystals, which are scopiformly or stellularly aggregated.
