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digitate definition

digi·tate (dij′i tāt′)

adjective

  1. having separate fingers or toes
  2. like a digit; fingerlike
  3. Bot. having fingerlike divisions, as some compound leaves

Etymology: L digitatus: see digit

Also digitated dig′i·tat′ed

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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