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palmate

 
Dictionary: pal·mate   (păl'māt', päl'-, pä'māt') pronunciation also pal·mat·ed
palmate
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palmate

palmately compound leaf
palmately lobed leaf
(Elizabeth Morales)
(-mā'tĭd)
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.
palmately pal'mate'ly adv.

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Architecture: palmate
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1. A column capital resembling the leaves of a palm tree.
2. A Palmette.


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(păl'māt', päl'-, pä'māt') or pal·mat·ed (-mā'tĭd)
adj.

Having a shape similar to that of a hand with the fingers extended.


Having veins or leaflets arranged like the fingers on a hand, radiating out from a center point.

palmate

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin

Meaning #2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
  Synonym: palm-shaped


 
 

 

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