About The Word Palmate
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Palmate
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What's The Definition Of Palmate?
[adj] of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
[adj] (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin Synonyms | Synonyms for Palmate: compound | palm-shaped | webbed Related Terms | Find terms related to Palmate: See Also | Palmate In Webster's Dictionary \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
\Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. --Gray. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under {Aves}. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. |
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