palmate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

   • Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
2. 2

   Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

   • The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.
3. 3

   Having webbed appendage

   Having webbed appendage; palmated.

   • The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
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   1. 4

      Hand-like

      Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

   2. 5

      Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid)

      Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

The neighborhood

• neighborpinnate