palmate

(palmāt′, pä-)

adjective

shaped like a hand with the fingers spread; specif.,
  1. Bot. having veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from a common center (said of some leaves)
  2. Zool. web-footed, as many water birds

Origin: L palmatus < palma, palm

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See palmate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended: palmate antlers; palmate coral.
  2. Botany Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point; digitate: a palmate leaf.
  3. Zoology Having webbed toes, as the feet of many water birds.

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  • palˈmateˌly adverb

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palmate

top: palmately compound leaf

bottom: palmately lobed leaf

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