palmated
Definition
Adjective: - Botany: Having a shape resembling an open hand with lobes or divisions spreading from a common point, like the fingers of a palm. Used primarily for leaves. - Zoology: Having webbed feet or digits, such as the feet of certain aquatic birds or amphibians.
Usage Examples
- (The leaf shape looks like an open hand.)
- (Their feet have webbing between the toes.)
Advanced Usage
Palmated antlers: In some animals, such as moose, the antlers are broad and flattened, resembling a palm.
- The moose displayed impressive palmated antlers during the mating season. (The antlers were wide and hand-shaped.)
Palmated compound leaf: A type of leaf where leaflets all arise from the same point at the tip of the petiole.
- The horse chestnut tree has a palmated compound leaf with seven leaflets. (Leaflets radiate from one central point.)
Variants and Related Words
Palmate (adj): A shorter form of "palmated," with the same meaning.
- The plant has palmate leaves. (Leaves shaped like a palm.)
Palmately (adv): In a manner that is palmated.
- The leaflets are arranged palmately around the stem. (They radiate like fingers from a hand.)
Synonyms
- Hand-shaped: Resembling the form of an open hand.
- Webbed: Having connected digits, especially in zoology.
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