palmate
/ˈpɑmeit/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.
Example Sentences
- "Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes."
- "The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan."
- "The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian."