1. In a manner resembling fingers or finger-like projections; with digits or digit-like parts arranged radially.
Usage: chiefly botanical and zoological

Examples

• The leaves are arranged digitately around the stem.
• The compound leaf is digitately divided into five leaflets.
• The organism's appendages extend digitately from the central body.
• The roots spread digitately into the soil.
• The flower petals are digitately lobed.