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[syn: digitate, fingerlike]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
digitate \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).
Digitate
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Digitate \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
digitate
adj 1: resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse
chestnut" [syn: digitate, fingerlike]