Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)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.

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    пальчатыйpalʹčatyj, дланевидныйdlanevidnyj

    of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point

  2. (not comparable)Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

  3. (not comparable, rare)Having webbed appendage; palmated.

    The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.

  4. (not comparable, rare)Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm

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.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point:palm-shaped

Word family

10 related words

See also

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