To whip; scourge.
noun.
An obsolete perversion of flageolet.
In biol, furnished with flagella, or slender whip-like processes; flagelliferous: as, a flagellate infusorian (in this use technically opposed to ciliate).
Like a whip-lash; flagelliform: as, a flagellate process.
In botany, producing filiform runners or runner-like branches.