Pinnate vs. Palmate

Pinnateadjective

Resembling a feather.

Pinnateadjective

(botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

Pinnateadjective

(zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Pinnateadjective

(zoology) Having wings or fins.

Pinnateadjective

Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

Pinnateadjective

Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Pinnateadjective

of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis

Palmateadjective

Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

Palmateadjective

(botany) leaves Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.

Palmateadjective

(rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.

Palmateadjective

(rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

Palmatenoun

(chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

Palmatenoun

A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.

Palmateadjective

Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Palmateadjective

Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.

Palmateadjective

Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.

Palmateadjective

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

Palmateadjective

of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point