digitate

[ dij-i-teyt ]

adjective

1. Zoology. having digits or digitlike processes.
2. Botany. having radiating divisions or leaflets resembling the fingers of a hand.
3. like a digit or finger.

digitate

/ ˈdɪdʒɪˌteɪt /

adjective

1. (of compound leaves) having the leaflets in the form of a spread hand
2. (of animals) having digits or corresponding parts

Derived Forms

• ˈdigiˌtately, adverb
• ˌdigiˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• dig·i·tate·ly adverb
• mul·ti·dig·i·tate adjective
• un·dig·i·tat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of digitate¹

Fisrt recorded in 1655–65; from Latin digitātus; digit, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

A year or two since, a man brought from Ohio to the University of Iowa an innocent five-parted, digitate, black fungus.

From Project Gutenberg

Its leaves are digitate and long-stalked, with five obovate, serrate, hairy leaflets.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a tall evergreen with irregular branches; its digitate leaves are dark and glossy.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves alternate, compound, digitate, caducous; leaflets 5–7 with long common petiole.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves opposite, digitate; leaflets serrate, straight-veined, like a Chestnut-leaf.

From Project Gutenberg