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Pronunciation : Pal"mate
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]
Definition : 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: 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?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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913