palmate, palm-shaped
(adjective) of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
palmate
(adjective) (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
palmate (not comparable)
(chiefly, botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
(botany) (leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
(rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.
(rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers
• The word is rare outside of technical writing, and hardly ever qualify 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.
palmate (plural palmates)
(chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.
• Used primarily as part of the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients
• lampate, pelmata
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"mate, n.
Definition: (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
