palmate adjective. ['palmeɪt] M18.
[Latin palmatus, from palma PALM noun²: see -ATE².]
Botany & Zoology.
1. Shaped like the outspread palm of the hand; spec. (a) Botany (of a leaf) having (usu. five or more) lobes whose midribs all radiate from one point; (of a tuber) having divisions like fingers, as in the spotted orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii; (b) Zoology (of an antler) in which the angles between the tines are partly filled in to form a broad flat surface, as in reindeer and moose. M18.

2. Of the foot of a bird or animal: webbed. E19.
Special collocations: palmate newt a small smooth-skinned newt, Triturus helveticus, of western Europe, the male of which has webbed hind feet.

■ palmated adjective = PALMATE adjective; esp. in

■ palmated newt, = PALMATE newt: M18.

■ palmately adverb (chiefly Botany) in a palmate manner M19.

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