PALMATE LEAF

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Meaning:

A leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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