DIGITATE

digitate, fingerlike

(adjective) resembling a finger; “digitate leaves of the horse chestnut”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

digitate (not comparable)

Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike

(botany, anatomy) Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Verb

digitate (third-person singular simple present digitates, present participle digitating, simple past and past participle digitated)

To point out as with the finger.

(botany, anatomy) To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dig"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See Digit.]

Definition: To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa).

Dig"i*tate, Dig"i*ta`ted, a. Etym: [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.

– Dig"i*tate*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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