Palmate /(?)/

Pal·mate

Palmate

n.
  1. A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. (Chem.) [Obsoles.]

Palmate

a.
  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. (Bot.)
  3. Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves. (Zool.)