palmate

Plural: palmates

Adjective Satellite

(of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin
of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point

Adj

Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
Having webbed appendage; palmated.
Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Noun

Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Adjective

Shaped like an open hand with spreading lobes or fingers.

Examples

Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
The PALMATE pattern of his remaining tiles made finding a word challenging.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

Synonyms

palm-shaped

Scrabble Score: 11

palmate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
palmate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
palmate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

palmate: valid Words With Friends Word