| palmate | <botany> Of a leaf, divided into several leaflets which arise at the same point (as with a leaf from a palm tree). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| palmate folds | The two longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the mucous membrane lining the cervix uteri, from which numerous secondary folds, or rugae, branch off. Synonym: plicae palmatae, arbor vitae uteri, lyra uterina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmated | 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. 3. <ornithology, zoology> Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; said of certain corals, antlers, etc. Origin: L. Palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |