PALMARY
Pal"ma*ry, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Palmar.

PALMARY Pal"ma*ry, a. Etym: [L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.]

Defn: Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne.

PALMATE
Pal"mate, n.

Defn: (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]

PALMATE; PALMATED Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]

1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.