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palmate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called {palmate}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. (Bot.) 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. 3. (Zo["o]l.) a Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. i under {Aves}. b Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: palmate adj 1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: {palm-shaped}]
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