palmate (redirected from palmately)

palmate, palmated

1. shaped like an open hand

2. Botany having more than three lobes or segments that spread out from a common point

3. (of the feet of most water birds) having three toes connected by a web

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palmate [′pä‚māt]

(botany)

Having lobes, such as on leaves, that radiate from a common point.

(vertebrate zoology)

Having webbed toes.

(zoology)

Having the distal portion broad and lobed, resembling a hand with the fingers spread.