palmato
Palmato is an adjective used in Romance languages, notably Italian and Spanish, to describe shapes or arrangements that resemble the palm of a hand. In botanical English, palmato or palmately derived describes leaf shapes, leaf arrangements, or floral structures whose parts radiate from a common central point.
In botany, palmately lobed leaves have lobes that originate from a single point near the base of
Palmately compound leaves are another form, consisting of leaflets that radiate from a single point on the
The term also appears in discussions of leaf venation and floral morphology. Palmate venation describes veins
Etymology traces palmato to Latin palmatus, meaning “having a palm,” from palma, palm. The form is used