PALMATE LEAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palmate leaf mean? 

• PALMATE LEAF (noun)
  The noun PALMATE LEAF has 1 sense:

1. a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point

  Familiarity information: PALMATE LEAF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMATE LEAF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("palmate leaf" is a kind of...):

compound leaf (a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palmate leaf"):

pedate leaf (a leaf having the radiating lobes each deeply cleft or divided)