> So skip the five fingers and think of the main
> veins, however many, as stemming mutually from the hand's union with the
> wrist.
My authority was William T Stearn's 'Botanical Latin,' which I believe
probably outranks Millard's authorities. :-)
Yes, there will be many less precise definitions out there based around a
theme of lobes from a central point. But my palm has only five appendages.
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Geoff Read <g.read at niwa.cri.nz>
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