How do you use Palmate in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like webbed or compound, plus the exact meaning.
Palmate meaning
- Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
- Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
- Having webbed appendage; palmated.
Using Palmate
- The main meaning on this page is: Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point. | Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan. | Having webbed appendage; palmated.
- Useful related words include: webbed, palm-shaped, compound.
- In the example corpus, palmate often appears in combinations such as: and palmate, or palmate.
Context around Palmate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Palmate
- In this selection, "palmate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flat, antlers and leaves stand out and add context to how "palmate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include branching and palmate and fenestrate and broad and palmate flat with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "palmate" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with palmate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are palmate or deeply palmately lobed with 5–7 segments. (11 words)
The palmate leaves are composed of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to convert long. (15 words)
Most of these sediments come from two distinct groups of colonies: domal, delicate branching, robust branching and palmate; and fenestrate. (20 words)
Moose antlers are broad and palmate (flat) with tines (points) along the outer edge. citation The antlers of mature Alaskan adult bull moose (5 to 12 years old) have a normal maximum spread greater than convert. (36 words)
They grow from a permanent outgrowth of the frontal bone called the pedicle. and can be branched, as in the White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), or palmate, as in the Moose ( Alces alces ). (33 words)
Moose are distinguished by the broad, flat (or palmate) antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
Moose antlers are broad and palmate (flat) with tines (points) along the outer edge. citation The antlers of mature Alaskan adult bull moose (5 to 12 years old) have a normal maximum spread greater than convert.
Moose are distinguished by the broad, flat (or palmate) antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration.
Most of these sediments come from two distinct groups of colonies: domal, delicate branching, robust branching and palmate; and fenestrate.
The palmate leaves are composed of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to convert long.
They are palmate or deeply palmately lobed with 5–7 segments.
They grow from a permanent outgrowth of the frontal bone called the pedicle. and can be branched, as in the White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), or palmate, as in the Moose ( Alces alces ).
Common combinations with palmate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and palmate 2×
- or palmate 2×