Word Meaning

Meaning of palmated

- Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
- Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
- Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.
- Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.