"palmation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: palmations [plural]
Etymology: palmate + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|palmate|ion}} palmate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} palmation (countable and uncountable, plural palmations)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being palmate. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-palmation-en-noun-viQO~X1S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 83 17
  2. (countable) A palmate structure. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-palmation-en-noun-LXCw174q

Inflected forms

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