palmate

pal·mate Audio Help (pāl'māt', päl'-, pä'māt')

adj.

Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended: palmate antlers; palmate coral.
Botany Having three or more veins, leaflets, or lobes radiating from one point; digitate: a palmate leaf.
Zoology Having webbed toes, as the feet of many water birds.

pal'mate'ly adv.

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