palmate

Describes a leaf or other structure that is shaped like an open hand with lobes or segments radiating from a central point.

• 🌐صفة تصف ورقة نبات أو أي بنية أخرى تشبه راحة اليد المفتوحة، حيث تنقسم إلى فصوص أو أجزاء تتفرع من نقطة مركزية واحدة. وتُستخدم أيضًا لوصف ما له شكل اليد أو ما يتصل بسلاميات اليد.

1. Web-footed C2 formal

   Having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin, as seen in the feet of water birds.

   • The duck's palmate feet help it swim efficiently.
   • Swans have palmate feet adapted for aquatic life.
   • The ornithologist noted the palmate structure of the bird's foot.

   🌐مُكَفَّف الأَصَابِع

   المرادفات: webbed

2. Leaf shape C2 formal

   Describing a leaf shape where leaflets or lobes radiate from a common point, like the fingers of a hand.

   • The maple tree has palmate leaves with five distinct lobes.
   • Botanists classify this plant as having palmate venation.
   • The palmate leaf of the ivy is easily recognizable.

   🌐شكل الورقة الكفّي

   المرادفات: digitatepalm-shaped

   الأضداد: pinnate

• more palmate comparative form
• most palmate superlative form