palmate leaf

Other forms: palmate leaves

Definitions of palmate leaf
  1. noun
    a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point
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    types:
    pedate leaf
    a leaf having the radiating lobes each deeply cleft or divided
    type of:
    compound leaf
    a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
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