Palmate

• Title

  Palmate

• Definition

  Referring to leaf venation in which the main veins of the blade radiate from a common point near the base or to compound leaves in which all leaflets radiate from a common point. See digitate. palmately lobed, palmatilobate,

• Related Terms

  Pinnate (pinnately compound leaves)

  Simple leaf

  Bipinnate, bipinnately compound

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