adverb
- in a manner resembling the shape of a hand with fingers spread; with parts radiating from a central point like the fingers of a palm
Usage: botanical; anatomical
Examples
- The maple leaf is palmately lobed with five distinct sections.
- The horse chestnut leaves are palmately compound.
- The veins in the leaf are arranged palmately from the base.
- These flowers are palmately divided into seven narrow segments.
- The botanist noted that the plant’s leaves were palmately shaped.
- The coral’s branches spread palmately across the reef.