The leaves of Money Tree are palmate, that is, resembling an outstretched hand. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
Passage of pinnate to palmate leaves in horse-chesnut 439. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Passage of pinnate to palmate leaves in horse-chestnut 439 209. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
More of the giant palmate leaves are on the ground than on the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Chard's double punch] Reference
The radical leaves are palmate, covered with a fine down on the under surface. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Pea green palmate papyrus leaves on leggy stalks echo the umbrellas of the maples. From Wordnik.com. [Sakana] Reference
A palmate newt – its impervious gaze scanned minute horizons between the worlds of water and air. From Wordnik.com. [Country Diary: Wenlock Edge] Reference
The palmate form of the cotyledons of the genus Pinus is particularly conspicuous in those of P. pinea. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The elegant palmate leaved Pomacea likewise occurs, with the mulberry: the marigold is a great favourite. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
In the adjoining cut the intermediate stages between a palmate or digitate leaf to a pinnate one may be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Their bright purple flowers, in long racemes, with palmate leaves, are very conspicuous on the grassy slopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
This plant is found in moist places, such as are suited to the growth of ferns, mangroves and palmate shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Its great vegetable mouth distorted, a wiltmilt stared back at them with the hideous palmate pupil of its single eye. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
The toquilla palm (Carludovica palmate) is the source of the iraca straw used in Colombia to make 'Panama hats' and handicrafts. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
This tree was deciduous, the leaves being palmate, and grew on stiff soil: its large crimson flowers attracted universal admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York] Reference
Ayla watched the ungainly-seeming animal with the overhanging nose and large palmate antlers, still in velvet, walking into the marsh. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Leaves palmate and green … Golden Currant Click to see picture. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Pinnate and palmate leaves often vary in the number of their parts. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
Beneath the surface are a tangle of eels, palmate, newt, frogs and toads. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Isle of Wight News] Reference
Shape is equally variable, from elegant arrowhead, to ruched scallop, to palmate. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
You can use any soap that lists sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium tallowate, etc. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
The palmate folds are distinct, and extend to the upper part of the cavity of the organ. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 3. The Uterus] Reference
The legs of the alligator, too, are not denticulated, and the feet are only semi-palmate. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon] Reference
All are semi-palmate, and dive, swim, and keep longer in the water than any others of their tribe. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
He lifted up one of the dried palmate leaves from the table and frizzled it over the chimney of the lamp. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp] Reference
The majority of successful transplants in this study were Acropora palmate, an endangered Caribbean coral. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Many genera, the species of which mainly bear pinnate or palmate leaves, have stray types with undivided leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
Guanare and San Carlos, its place is taken by another species of the same genus, with leaves alike palmate but larger. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
The leaves are large and palmate, with serrated lobes, and would form un excellent shelter for the sun-stroken prophet. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi, so called from the palmate division of its leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Found in large patches, its white odorous flowers springing from between the bases of the petioles of its large palmate leaves. From Wordnik.com. [General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses,] Reference
Some terms have to be used and if you're lost by pinnate and palmate, the glossary at the end of the guide clarifies any confusion. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
"cut floral leaf," which is nearly stalkless and palmate. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
A palmate newt scrambled out of a bucket. From Wordnik.com. [Country Diary: Wenlock Edge] Reference
Sterile pinnæ palmate; rachis twining. From Wordnik.com. [The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada] Reference
Sodium palmate or palmitate. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
They are either palmate (fan-shaped), pinnate. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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