Palmate
[pal-meyt, -mit, pahl-, pah-meyt] /ˈpæl meɪt, -mɪt, ˈpɑl-, ˈpɑ meɪt/
adjective
1.
shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
2.
Botany. having four or more lobes or leaflets radiating from a single point.
3.
Zoology. .
4.
Furniture.
/ˈpælmeɪt; -mɪt/
adjective
1.
shaped like an open hand: palmate antlers
2.
(botany) having more than three lobes or segments that spread out from a common point: palmate leaves
3.
(of the feet of most water birds) having three toes connected by a web
palmate pal·mate (pāl’māt’, päl’-, pä’māt’) or pal·mat·ed (-mā’tĭd)
adj.
Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended.
palmate
(pāl’māt’, päl’-)
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