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Taxonomy vs Palmate - What's the difference?

taxonomy | palmate |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and palmate

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while palmate is (chemistry) a salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

As an adjective palmate is

(chiefly|botany) having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    palmate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, botany) Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point.
    • Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
  • (botany) (leaves) Having more than three leaflets arising from a common point, often in the form of a fan.
  • * 1909 , Eleanor Stockhouse Atkinson, "", The How and Why Library .
    • The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves. That is, the broad oval leaflets are all set around the tip of a common leaf stem, spreading in a circle, like the ribs of a palm leaf fan.
  • (rare) Having webbed appendage; palmated.
    • The Palmate Newt is a common Western European amphibian.
  • (rare) Hand-like; shaped like a hand with extended fingers

    • Usage notes

    * The word is rare outside of technical writing, and hardly ever qualify things other than leaves. * A compound leaf with more than three leaflets (trifoliate) radiating from the same point is more usually called palmate or palmately compound to avoid ambiguity. * While "palmated" is a more usual term when referring to webbed appendages. "Palmate" is often found in zoological nomenclature as the Latin term for both meanings is palmatus .

    See also

    * pinnate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A salt or ester of ricinoleic acid (formerly called palmic acid); a ricinoleate.

    • Usage notes

    * Used primarily as part of the ----