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Palmate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Palmate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.

Palmated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having the shape of a hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread; as palmated leaves or stones.

2. Entirely webbed; as the palmated feet of aquatic fowls.

Palmated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2. Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.

3. Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.

4. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.

Palmately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a palmate manner.