Definitions for "digitate"
To point out as with the finger.
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
a. (L. digitus, finger) having fingerlike divisions, as some leaves.
Parts (three or more) arising from the summit of a structure (e.g., branches of the Chloris inflorescence).
With bacula or columellae branched distally into two or more parts. Example: Polygonum bistorta.