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palmate
(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
Origin: L palmatus < palma, palm
Also palmated
Related Forms:
- palmately adverb
See palmate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended: palmate antlers; palmate coral.
- Botany Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point; digitate: a palmate leaf.
- Zoology Having webbed toes, as the feet of many water birds.
Related Forms:
- palˈmateˌly adverb
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palmate
top: palmately compound leaf
bottom: palmately lobed leaf
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