a. [f. mod.L. stipulāce-us, f. stipula: see prec. and -ACEOUS. Cf. F. stipulacé, -ée.] Of the nature of or composed of stipules: see also quot. 1900.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xv. (1765), 205. Stipulaceous Buds.
1777. J. Lightfoot, Flora Scotica, II. 623. The plant [Frog-bit] increases by runners, furnished with pendulous gems…. These gems consist of two stipulaceous scales, folded together.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stipulaceous (1) belonging to a stipule; (2) with large stipules.
