How many syllables in sagittate?

There are 3 syllables in the word sagittate.

How to pronounce sagittate:

sagittate (adjective):: see leaf illustration; shaped like an arrowhead; elongated, triangular, and having the two basal lobes prolonged downward; adjective. (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.

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