English Explanatory Dictionary

palmate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
  2. Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
  3. Having webbed appendage; palmated.
  4. Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
noun
  1. Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑmeit/ /ˈpɑlmeit/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-palmate.wav

Word forms

palmate palmates

Etymology

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.

Related words

pinnate

Derived words

bipalmate costapalmate nonpalmate palmately palmate newt palmation semipalmate subpalmate totipalmate sodium palmate
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