Having a shape or form resembling fingers; divided into finger-like projections or lobes.
From Latin 'digitus' (finger) plus '-ate,' an adjective suffix. The term describes anything with a finger-like or hand-like appearance.
Biologists love the word 'digitate' because it instantly describes thousands of things—from oak leaves to sea stars to fungal structures—all by saying 'it looks like fingers.'
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