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palmate

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpɑmeit/
  • /ˈpɑlmeit/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having webbed appendage; palmated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Examples

  • The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palm-shaped

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

(of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

From palmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: длановиден (dlanoviden) — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Catalan: palmat — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Finnish: sormijakoinen — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Finnish: kourasuoninen — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • German: gefingert — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Irish: palmatach — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Russian: пальчатый (palʹčatyj) — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Russian: дланевидный (dlanevidnyj) — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Welsh: palfog — botany: having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point
  • Finnish: sormiliuskainen — botany: having more than three leaflets arising from a common point
  • Finnish: sormiosainen — botany: having more than three leaflets arising from a common point