digitate adj 1: resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut" [syn: {digitate}, {fingerlike}]
digitate \dig"i*tate\, v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See {Digit}.] To point out as with the finger. [R.] --Robinson (Eudoxa). Digitate
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"i*tate*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]