Meaning of DIGITATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'diji`teyt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fingered, fingerlike |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dig"i*tate\, v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare,
fr. L. digitus. See {Digit}.]
To point out as with the finger. [R.] --Robinson (Eudoxa).
\Dig"i*tate\, Digitated \Dig"i*ta`ted\, a. [L.
digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the
hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in
general, characterized by digitation. -- {Dig"i*tate*ly},
adv.
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| | Definition: | | Branching from the main stem or stalk like the fingers of a hand. |
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