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palmate


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ricinoleate  \Ric`in*o"le*ate\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  salt  of  ricinoleic  acid;  --  formerly  called  {palmate}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmate  \Pal"mate\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  salt  of  palmic  acid;  a  ricinoleate.  [Obsoles.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmate  \Pal"mate\,  Palmated  \Pal"ma*ted\,  a.  [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.)  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.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palmate 
  adj  1:  (of  the  feet  of  water  birds)  having  three  toes  connected  by 
  a  thin  fold  of  skin 
  2:  of  a  leaf  shape;  having  leaflets  or  lobes  radiating  from  a 
  common  point  [syn:  {palm-shaped}] 




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