Thesaurus: palmate

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1. n. A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.
2. a. Alt. of Palmated
3. adj. (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin
4. adj. of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
5. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 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. 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.
6. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
7. s. (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin s. of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point