Meaning & use
palmate
Describing a leaf whose lobes or leaflets spread out from a single point, like the fingers of an open hand.
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A maple leaf is palmate, with pointed lobes radiating from the center of the leaf.
Botanists identified the plant by its distinctive palmate leaves and star-like shape.
A note on using this word
Palmate leaves contrast with pinnate leaves, in which leaflets are arranged along both sides of a central stem.
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pinnate
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