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palmate a. 手掌状的 手掌状的 palmate adj 1: ( of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [ synonym: { palmate}, { palm- shaped}] Palmate \ Pal" mate\, n. ( Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [ Obsoles.] [ 1913 Webster] Palmate
Palmate \ Pal" mate\, Palmated \ Pal" ma* ted\, a. [ L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) ( a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. ( i) under { Aves}. ( b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
Ricinoleate \ Ric` in* o" le* ate\, n. ( Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called { palmate}. [ 1913 Webster]
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