palmate
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.
Origin of palmate
1- Often pal·mat·ed [pal-mey-tid, pahl- pah-mey-] /ˈpæl meɪ tɪd, ˈpɑl- ˈpɑ meɪ-/ .
Other words from palmate
- pal·mate·ly, adverb
- sub·pal·mate, adjective
- sub·pal·mat·ed, adjective
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How to use palmate in a sentence
The compound leaves correspond to these modes of venation; they are either pinnately or palmately compound.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf | Jane H. NewellIts tubers are palmately divided; and its stem, which is hollow, is usually from twelve to eighteen inches high.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxLeaves with palmate veining are palmately lobed or notched; those with pinnate veining are pinnately lobed or notched.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarDeciduous trees or sometimes shrubs, with opposite, palmately compound leaves with serrated, straight-veined leaflets.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarHerbs, shrubs, or trees, with pinnately or palmately compound leaves; here including Acanthopanax with palmately cleft leaves.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. Apgar
British Dictionary definitions for palmate
palmated
/ (ˈpælmeɪt, -mɪt) /
shaped like an open hand: palmate antlers
botany having more than three lobes or segments that spread out from a common point: palmate leaves
(of the feet of most water birds) having three toes connected by a web
Origin of palmate
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for palmate
[ păl′māt′, päl′- ]
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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