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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

palmatus

palmate + root of

findere

to split.]

(Bot.)

Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

palmatifid ‎(comparative more palmatifid, superlative most palmatifid)

(botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole.

leaf type

Deeper incisions are palmatipartite; incisions reaching nearly to the petiole are palmatisect.