palmate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

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

2. (not-comparable)Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

   “The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.”

3. (not-comparable, rare)Having webbed appendage; palmated.

   “The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.”

4. (not-comparable, rare)Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

noun

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