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pal⋅mate

  [pal-meyt, -mit, pahl-, pah-meyt]
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–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. web-footed.
4. Furniture.
a. decorated with palmettes.
b. (in furniture of the 17th century) having bands of semicircles enclosing a radiating leaf form.
Also, pal⋅mat⋅ed.

Origin:
1750–60; < L palmātus shaped like a palm. See palm 1 , -ate 1

Related forms:
pal⋅mate⋅ly, adverb
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pal·mate   (pāl'māt', päl'-, pä'māt')   


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adj.  

  1. Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended: palmate antlers; palmate coral.

  2. Botany Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point; digitate: a palmate leaf.

  3. Zoology Having webbed toes, as the feet of many water birds.

pal'mate'ly adv.
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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.

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Science Dictionary
palmate   (pāl'māt', päl'-)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point. Maples have palmately lobed leaves.

  3. Having webbed toes. The feet of many swimming and diving birds are palmate.


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