adj. Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In botany, same as palmately cleft (which see, under palmately).
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adj. of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed
Word Usage
"_pinnatilobate_, _palmatifid_, _palmatipartite_, etc., and each of these words designates different combinations of the modes and extent of the divisions of the leaf with the divisions of its outline."