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palmate
adjective
shaped like a hand with the fingers spread; specif.,
- Bot. having veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from a common center (said of some leaves)
- Zool. web-footed, as many water birds
Also palmated
Related Forms:
- palmately adverb
See palmate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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