palmate
palmate
Definition
pal·mate (pal′māt′, pä′-)
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
Etymology: L palmatus < palma, palm
pal′·mate′ly adverb
palmate
Synonyms
palmate
modif.
palmate
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- newt: Smooth and palmate newts rarely live beyond around five years.
- leave: This horse chestnut will have palmate leaves with seven ' fingers ' in summer - the buckeye only has five ' fingers ' .
- antler: Notice the flat palmate antlers of the fallow bucks.
- lobe: Leaf shape - commonly with 5 -7 palmate lobes, all distinctly longer than wide.
Browse dictionary entries near palmate
- palmary
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- Palm Sunday
- palm sugar
- Palm Springs
- palm oil
- palm leaf
- palm(ing) off
- palm crab
- palmatifid
- palmation
- Palmdale
- palmer
- Palmer Peninsula
- Palmerston
- palmerworm
- palmette
- palmetto
- palmist
