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palmate.

Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpɑmeit//ˈpɑlmeit/
  1. Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

    not-comparable
    Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
  2. Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

    not-comparable
  3. Having webbed appendage; palmated.

    not-comparable · rare
    The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
  4. Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈpɑmeit//ˈpɑlmeit/
  1. Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Where this word comes from

From palmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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