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Palmate

adjective
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: palm-shaped.



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"Palmate" Quotes from Famous Books



... rarely pink or white, butterfly-shaped; corolla consisting of standard, wings, and keel; about 1/2 in. long, borne in a long raceme at end of stem; calyx 2-lipped, deeply toothed. Stem: Erect, branching, leafy, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves: Palmate, compounded of from 7 to 11 (usually 8) leaflets. Fruit: A broad, flat, very hairy pod, 1-1/2 in. long, and ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al
... every shell which crawled on the white sand at her feet, every rock-fish which played in and out of the crannies, and stared at her with its broad bright eyes; while the great palmate oarweeds which waved along the chasm, half-seen in the glimmering water, seemed to beckon her down with long brown hands to a grave amid their chilly bowers. She turned to flee; but she had gone too far now to retreat; hastily dipping her head three ...
— Westward Ho! • Charles Kingsley


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