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palmate^¹

/ˈpɑmeit/
/ˈpɑlmeit/

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Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

adjective

not comparable 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.
not comparable, of leaves Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan. The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.
not comparable, rare Having webbed appendage; palmated. The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
not comparable, rare Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

palmate^²

/ˈpɑmeit/
/ˈpɑlmeit/

noun palmates

Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

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adj botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point

Deutsch	gefingert
Русский	пальчатый palʹčatyj, дланевидный dlanevidnyj

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@misc{palmate_2026,
  title = {palmate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/palmate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}