Palmate
Palmate , noun
(Chemistry) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsolescent]
Palmate , adjective
[Latin palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]
1.
Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2.
(Botany) 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.
(a) (Zoology) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b)
(Zoology) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
Also: Palmated