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PALMATE LEAF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("palmate leaf" is a kind of...):
compound leaf (a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palmate leaf"):
pedate leaf (a leaf having the radiating lobes each deeply cleft or divided)