PALMATELY
palmately
(adverb) in a palmate manner; “palmately cleft”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
palmately (comparative more palmately, superlative most palmately)
In a palmate fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"mate*ly, adv.
Definition: In a palmate manner.
PALMATE
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
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