1) Compound 2) Of a leaf shape 1) Compound 
deeply divided into several lobes arising from more or less the same level.
• (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.
palmately cleft or lobed
<botany> Of a leaf, deeply divided into several lobes which arise (almost) at the same level. ... Compare: pinnatifid. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... 
palmately cleft or lobed
Pal·mat'i·fid adjective [ Latin palmatus palmate + root of findere to split.] (Botany) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center. 
Cut about half way down in a palmate form.
[adj] - of a leaf shape
adjective of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed