Associations to the word «Palmate»

PALMATE, adjective. (chiefly botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

PALMATE, adjective. (botany) (leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

PALMATE, adjective. (rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.

PALMATE, adjective. (rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

PALMATE, noun. (chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

PALMATE COMPOUND, adjective. Alternative spelling of palmately compound

PALMATE, adjective. (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin.

PALMATE, adjective. Of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point.