palmate
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Synonyms: palate, palpate, palmae, palamate, palmite, paleate
Antonyms: palate, palpate, palmae, palamate, palmite, paleate
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Adjective
- 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.
- Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
- Having webbed appendage; palmated.
- The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
- Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
Noun
- Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.
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