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palmi-|pælmɪ| combining form of L. palma palm of the hand, palm-tree, etc. (palm n.1 and n.2), occurring in scientific (chiefly botanical) terms, as palˈmicolous a. [L. -colus inhabiting], growing upon or inhabiting palm-trees; ˈpalmiform a. = palmatiform; ˈpalmigrade a. Zool. = plantigrade; ˈpalmilobed a., palmately lobed; palmiˈnervate, ˈpalminerve, ˈpalminerved a., palmately nerved or veined, as a leaf; ˈpalmi-veined a. = prec.; palˈmivorous a. [L. -vorus devouring], feeding on, or obtaining food from, palm-trees.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., *Palmicolous..*Palmiform.
1864Webster, *Palmigrade [citing Hitchcock].
1876Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 711 Leaves alternate, more or less *palmilobed.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., *Palminervate.
1880Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §4 (ed. 6) 93 Palmately, Digitately, or Radiately Veined (or *Palminerved) class, of which leaves of common Maples and the Vine are..examples.
1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xxii. 336 The assertion of Linnæus, that..man is essentially *palmivorous. |