Category:Palmate

Pal"mate, n.

Defn: (chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [obsoles.]

Palmate; palmated Pal"mate, pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.) (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.