Palmated1. (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2. (a.) 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. (a.) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.
4. (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.
Thesaurus Entries
centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta-shaped, deltalike, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate, palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic, trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted, tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread