Word Study
palmate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective palmate has 2 senses
- palmate(s = adj.all) Array - (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin; Array
- palmate(s = adj.all) palm-shaped - of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
palmate, n.
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [1913 Webster]
palmate, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.].
- Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. [1913 Webster]
- Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray. [1913 Webster]
- Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust.
(i) under Aves. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
palmate, adj.
1 shaped like an open hand.
2 having lobes etc. like spread fingers.
1 shaped like an open hand.
2 having lobes etc. like spread fingers.
Etymology
L palmatus (as PALM(2))
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