'Palmate' definitions:
Definition of 'palmate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin
adjective
Of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: palmate, palm-shaped]
Definition of 'Palmate'
From: GCIDE
- Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster] Palmate
Definition of 'Palmate'
From: GCIDE
- Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'palmate'
From: GCIDE
- Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate. [1913 Webster]