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palm-shaped

palm-shaped

5.2
A leaf with parts that spread from one point like a hand
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : en forma de palma

Examples

  • Today, the city-state, which gave us palm-shaped islands and indoor ski resorts, is a financial center that cannot pay its debts.

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  • The palm-shaped leaves of the plant fan out from a central point, creating a beautiful pattern.

  • During the presentation, he illustrated the concept with a diagram featuring palm-shaped leaf structures.

  • The garden was filled with palm-shaped ferns that added a tropical feel to the landscape.

Synonyms

palmate
vspalm-shaped
  • Specialized
8.4

A leaf with lobes that spread from one point like a hand

is the hyphenated or phrase form emphasizing a handlike shape
palmately-lobed
vspalm-shaped
  • Specialized
9.1

Leaf parts spread from one center point like the fingers of a hand

is a shorter adjective form focusing on the same handlike arrangement

How Palm-Like

palmlike
6.5
palm-shaped
  • Specialized
5.2
fronded
  • Specialized
6.9
treelike
1 4.1

Surface Forms

palm-shaped positive

Morphology

palm-shaped = palm + shaped (transparent) = palm + shape + ed

The word is a clear compound meaning 'shaped like a palm,' with the second element preserved in the participial adjective 'shaped'.

Etymology

The word palm-shaped comes from palm, meaning the 'palm of the hand', because the parts of the leaf spread out from one point like fingers from a hand. So, a palm-shaped leaf has leaflets or lobes that all start from the same spot, which is why we call it palm-shaped.