digitinervate

[dij-i-tuh-nur-veyt]

adjective Botany.

(of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.

Also, dig·i·ti·nerved

[dij-i-tuh-nurvd] .

Origin:
1880–85; digiti- + nervate

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Digitinervate is always a great word to know.

So is multicellular diploid. Does it mean:

phase in plant life which starts with a zygote produced by sexual reproduction

organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes

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