palmately
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With parts that spread from a central point like fingers of an open hand
- adverb
- /ˈpɑːlmɪtli/
- Specialized
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palmeado
- In botany, a palmately compound leaf has several leaflets that spread out from a central point, resembling a hand.
Examples
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What I do know is that the plant is an herbaceous annual with opposite, palmately divided leaves of five to seven leaflets that are coarsely toothed.
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The plant's leaves are arranged palmately, with several lobes extending like fingers from a hand.
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The palmately veined leaves make it easy to identify this species among others.
How Fingerlike
Surface Forms
palmately positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word palmately comes from the simple word palm, which means 'palm of the hand'. It describes leaves or other parts that spread out from one point like the fingers of a hand, so palmately means 'hand-shaped'.