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palmate

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɑmeit/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaelmptStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

Used in a sentence

  • Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
  • The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.
  • The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.

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