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palmate

[pal-meyt, -mit, pahl-, pah-meyt]

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adjective

shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.

Botany. having four or more lobes or leaflets radiating from a single point.

Zoology. web-footed.

Furniture.

decorated with palmettes.

(in furniture of the 17th century) having bands of semicircles enclosing a radiating leaf form.

Also, pal·mat·ed.

Origin:
1750–60; < Latin palmātus shaped like a palm. See palm¹, -ate¹

Related forms

pal·mate·ly, adverb

sub·pal·mate, adjective

sub·pal·mat·ed, adjective

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Palmate is always a great word to know.

So is seedless vascular plant. Does it mean:

variation in an organism's life cycle of dissimilar reproductive forms

plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds

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World English Dictionary

palmate or palmated (ˈpælmeɪt, -mɪt)

—*adj*
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

[C18: from Latin palmatus, from palma palm; see palm²]

palmated or palmated

—*adj*

[C18: from Latin palmatus, from palma palm; see palm²]

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Medical Dictionary

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.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

palmate

(pāl'māt', päl'-) Pronunciation Key

Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended. Some kinds of coral and the antlers of moose and certain deer are palmate.
Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point. Maples have palmately lobed leaves.
Having webbed toes. The feet of many swimming and diving birds are palmate.

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