- digitately
- adverb see digitate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
digitately
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Digitately — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
digitately — See digitate. * * * … Universalium
digitately — adv. finger like way, with the fingers … English contemporary dictionary
digitately — dig·i·tate·ly … English syllables
digitately — adverb in a digitate manner • Derived from adjective: ↑digitate … Useful english dictionary
digitate — digitately, adv. /dij i tayt /, adj. 1. Zool. having digits or digitlike processes. 2. Bot. having radiating divisions or leaflets resembling the fingers of a hand. See illus. under palmate. 3. like a digit or finger. Also, digitated. [1655 65; … Universalium
digitate — adjective Date: 1661 having divisions arranged like those of a bird s foot < digitate leaves > • digitately adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
yardgrass — yard grass n. Any of several weedy African grasses of the genus Eleusine, having usually digitately grouped spikes and flattened spikelets. Also called goose grass. * * * … Universalium
compound leaf — /kɒmpaʊnd ˈlif/ (say kompownd leef) noun a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk. It may be either digitately or pinnately compound, and the leaflets may be themselves compound …
digitate — /ˈdɪdʒəteɪt/ (say dijuhtayt) adjective 1. Zoology having digits or digit like processes. 2. Botany having radiating divisions or leaflets resembling the fingers of a hand. 3. like a digit or finger. Also, digitated. {digit + ate1} –digitately,… …
