Definition of "palm-shaped" []

• Of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "He said the shark was in good health when it was released Thursday morning off the east side of the palm-shaped island, one of several artificial islands off the city-state's coast."
• "The group's real-estate unit, Nakheel, builder of Dubai's palm-shaped islands, is seen to be at the center of the financial problems that have plagued its parent."
• "This is, after all, Dubai, where exuberant developers planned not one but three palm-shaped island chains and erected the glass-clad Burj Khalifa -- more than twice the height of the Empire State Building -- alongside an indoor ski resort."