Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palmate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called {palmate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the
hand.]
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the
fingers spread.
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.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 [syn: {palm-shaped}]
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