Definition of "palmate" in English

adjective

1. (chiefly botany) 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. (botany, of leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

3. (rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.

   • The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.

4. (rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

noun

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