digitate

American

[dij-i-teyt] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪˌteɪt /

Also digitated

adjective

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

digitate British

/ ˈdɪdʒɪˌteɪt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of digitate

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

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Ed, Albuminiparous gland. u, Uterine dilatation of the hermaphrodite duct. d, Digitate accessory glands on the female duct. ps, Calciferous gland or dart-sac on the female duct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

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