meaning of palmated
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2. Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
3. Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.
4. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
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