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Digitate

Dig'i-tāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [L. Lat. digitare, digitatum, from Lat. digitus. See DIGIT.] To point out as with the finger. [Obs.] Robinson.

Dig'i-tate or Dig'i-tā'ted, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. digi-tatus, having fingers; Fr. digité. See supra.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem, or petiole.

A botanical illustration of a digitate leaf with five leaflets radiating from a central point. — Digitate Leaf.