# Digitate

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/digitate
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

branching from the axis (from a stem or a [petiole](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/petiole "the stalk of a leaf or the stipe of a pteridophyte.")) like fingers from a hand.