palmate

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having three or more lobes or veins arising 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.
4. (not-comparable, rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Noun

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

Synonyms

palm-shaped

pedate

radial

scalloped

web-footed

digitate

fingerlike

palmatifid

hand-like

web-toed

Translations

راحي

palmat

handförmig

fingerförmig

παλαμοειδής

digitatus

palmeado

aya şeklindeki

elsi

palmat

palmiye yaprağı şeklindeki

parmaklı

perdesiz parmaklı

el şeklinde

Etymology

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.