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单词 digitate
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Definition of digitate in English:

digitate

adjective ˈdɪdʒɪteɪtˈdɪdʒɪtətˈdɪdʒəˌteɪt
technical
  • Shaped like a spread hand.

    digitate leaves
    a digitate delta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Southern Hemisphere a different, more strongly digitate type of Ginkgo leaf persists into the Eocene, but we lack data on its occurrence and do not discuss it further here.
    • This species, contrary to the occurrence of shelbyocerids in the Eminence Formation, is clearly found associated with digitate stromatolite bearing dolomite.
    • When fully grown, its gigantic buttressed trunk, which stretches up to 10 meters in diameter, abruptly ends in the branches that bear digitate leaves.
    • These can be either digitate forms, where the mollusks lived between small stromatolite fingers, or larger, domal stromatolite masses, which created areas where mollusks clustered.
    • Hypseloconids are almost exclusively associated with digitate or small domal stromatolites where they are frequently found in clusters.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin digitatus, from digitus 'finger, toe'.

 
 

Definition of digitate in US English:

digitate

adjectiveˈdɪdʒəˌteɪtˈdijəˌtāt
technical
  • Shaped like a spread hand.

    digitate leaves
    a digitate delta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When fully grown, its gigantic buttressed trunk, which stretches up to 10 meters in diameter, abruptly ends in the branches that bear digitate leaves.
    • These can be either digitate forms, where the mollusks lived between small stromatolite fingers, or larger, domal stromatolite masses, which created areas where mollusks clustered.
    • Hypseloconids are almost exclusively associated with digitate or small domal stromatolites where they are frequently found in clusters.
    • In the Southern Hemisphere a different, more strongly digitate type of Ginkgo leaf persists into the Eocene, but we lack data on its occurrence and do not discuss it further here.
    • This species, contrary to the occurrence of shelbyocerids in the Eminence Formation, is clearly found associated with digitate stromatolite bearing dolomite.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin digitatus, from digitus ‘finger, toe’.

 
 
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