palmate

UK /ˈpɑmeit/ US /ˈpɑmeit/
adj 4noun 1

Definitions

adj

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

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

Having webbed appendage; palmated.

The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.

4

Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

noun

1

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

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