(n) chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales, Syn. family Palmae, family Arecaceae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, palm family, Arecaceae

palmales

(n) coextensive with the family Palmae: palms, Syn. order Palmales

palmar

(adj) relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot, Syn. volar, Example:the volar surface; the palmar muscle

palmate

(adj) (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin

palmate

(adj) of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point, Syn. palm-shaped

palmate leaf

(n) a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point

palmately

(adv) in a palmate manner, Example:palmately cleft

palmately-lobed

(adj) having lobes radiating from a central point

palmatifid

(adj) of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed

palmature

(n) an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed

castor-oil plant

(n) large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics, Syn. castor bean plant, palma christi, Ricinus communis, palma christ

chinese rhubarb

(n) long used for laxative properties, Syn. Rheum palmatum

creeping fern

(n) delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds, Syn. Lygodium palmatum, Hartford fern

dulse

(n) coarse edible red seaweed, Syn. Rhodymenia palmata

japanese maple

(n) ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties, Syn. Acer palmatum

willet

(n) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts, Syn. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bipalmate

a. [ Pref. bi- + palmate. ] (Bot.) Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fissipalmate

a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + palma palm. ] (Zool.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmaceae

n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.
Syn. -- Palmae, family Palmae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Palmaceous

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palma Christi

‖ [ L., palm of Christ. ] (Bot.) A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [ Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmacite

n. (Paleon.) A fossil palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmae

prop. n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as Palmaceae; coextensive with the order Palmales.
Syn. -- family Palmae, Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Palmales

prop. n. A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs coextensive with the family Palmae; -- the palms.
Syn. -- order Palmales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Palmar

a. [ L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf. F. palmaire. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmarium

‖n.; pl. Palmaria [ NL. See Palmar. ] (Zool.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmary

a. (Anat.) Palmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmary

a. [ L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm. ] Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmate

n. (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmated

{ } a. [ L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmately

adv. In a palmate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmatifid

a. [ L. palmatus palmate + root of findere to split. ] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmatilobed

a. [ L. palmatus palmate + E. lobed. ] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palmatisected

{ } a. [ L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut. ] (Bot.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Semipalmated

{ } a. (Zool.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Totipalmate

a. [ L. totus all, whole + E. palmate. ] (Zool.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

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