adj. Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike
adj. Having parts that spread out from a common point; palmate
v. To point out as with the finger.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To point out as with the finger.
adj. Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In botany, having deep radiating divisions, like fingers: applied to leaves and roots.
In zoology, characterized by digitation; having or consisting of a set of processes like digits. Also digitated.
To point out, as if with a finger.
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adj. resembling a finger
Word Usage
"Australia; a slender stem, about thirty feet in height, gives off a few branches with immense digitate dark and glossy leaves, and long spike-like racemes of small scarlet flowers, a great resort for insects and insect-feeding birds."