palmatelyadv.
/ˈpalmətli/, /ˈpɑːmətli/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mətli/ Chiefly Botany.
In a palmate manner; so as to radiate from a common point.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adverb] > in a lobed or divided manner
pinnatifidly1784
pedately1821
peltately1828
pinnately1840
palmately1843
auricularly1847
auriculately1858
biternately1870
1843 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. 7 R[anunculus]acris (L.); root fibrous, radical l. palmately tripartite.
1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 170 A..herb with palmately-lobed leaves.
1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's New Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 566 Malvaceae (Mallow family)... Mucilaginous innocent plants, with tough bark and palmately-veined leaves.
1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora I. 372 Viola obtusifolia... Lowest leaves very broad... upper ones all obtuse, teeth subacute; stipules palmately toothed.
1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 43 Compound leaves are divided pinnately or palmately into leaflets or segments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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