digitate
/'didʤitit/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling a finger or fingers: Having parts that spread out from a central point, similar to the arrangement of fingers on a hand.
- Specifically in botany: Describing a compound leaf where leaflets radiate from a single point at the tip of the petiole, like the fingers from the palm.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The horse chestnut tree is known for its large, digitate leaves.
- The fossil showed a digitate impression, suggesting a structure with finger-like projections.
Advanced Usage
- "Digitate process": In anatomy or biology, a finger-like projection or extension.
- The tumor had a digitate process extending into the surrounding tissue.
- "Digitate colony": In microbiology, a bacterial colony with finger-like outgrowths.
- The culture plate showed a distinctive digitate colony morphology.
Variants and Related Words
- Digitately (adverb): In a digitate manner.
- The leaflets are arranged digitately.
- Palmate: A closely related botanical term often used synonymously with "digitate" to describe leaves with leaflets radiating from a common point. "Digitate" can be considered a subset of "palmate" forms.
Synonyms
- Palmate: Especially in botany, having lobes or leaflets radiating from a common point.
- Finger-like: Resembling the shape or arrangement of fingers.
Antonyms
- Pinnate: Describing a compound leaf where leaflets are arranged on either side of a central axis, like a feather.
- Simple: Describing a leaf with a single, undivided blade.
Adjective
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resembling a finger
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digitate leaves of the horse chestnut
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