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Webster 1913 Edition

Triternate

Tri-ter′nate

,
Adj.
[Pref.
tri-
+
ternate
.]
(Bot.)
Three times ternate; – applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.

Webster 1828 Edition

Triternate

TRITERN'ATE

,
Adj.
[L. tres, three, and ternate.] Having three biternate leaves, or the divisions of a triple petiole subdivided into threes; a species of superdecompound leaf.

Definition 2024

triternate

triternate

English

Adjective

triternate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (botany) Three times ternate; applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leaflets.

Etymology

tri- +‎ ternate

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