palmate

Etymology
From, by extension (as acquired the meaning "palm tree"), "palm-leaf shaped".

Adjective



 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
 * 2)  Having webbed appendage; palmated.
 * The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
 * 1)  Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
 * 1)  Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Usage notes

 * The word is rare outside of technical writing, and hardly ever qualifies things other than leaves.
 * A compound leaf with more than three leaflets (trifoliate) radiating from the same point is more usually called palmate or palmately compound to avoid ambiguity.
 * While "palmated" is a more usual term when referring to webbed appendages, "palmate" is often found in zoological nomenclature as the Latin term for both meanings is palmatus.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: длановиден
 * Catalan: palmat
 * Finnish: sormijakoinen ;
 * German:
 * Irish: palmatach
 * Russian:, дланевидный
 * Welsh: palfog


 * Finnish: sormiliuskainen, sormiosainen

Noun

 * 1)  A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called ); a ricinoleate.

Usage notes

 * Used primarily as part of the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients

Derived terms

 * sodium palmate