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

palmate Related Forms

pal′·mate′ly adverb

palmate Synonyms

modif.

hand-like, radial, jagged, scalloped, toothed, dentate, lobed, nicked, serrated, escalloped, digitate; see also irregular 4, notched.

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.

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