palmate

  1. Adjective.  (chiefly, botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
  2. Adjective.  (botany) (qualifier, leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
  3. Adjective.  (rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.
  4. Adjective.  (rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers.
  5. Noun.  (chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid; a ricinoleate.

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