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Palmate

//ˈpɑmeit// adj, noun

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Adjective

1
Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point. not-comparable
"Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes."
2
Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan. not-comparable
"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
Having webbed appendage; palmated. not-comparable, rare
"The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian."
4
Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers not-comparable, rare

Adjective

1
of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point wordnet
2
(of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin wordnet

Noun

1
Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

Etymology 2

From palmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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