Trifid 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Tripinnatisect 



rows upon a stem; three- 

 ranked; tristiehous. Compare 

 Tin serial and Multifa- 

 rious. 



TRl'FfD, three-cleft; divided into 

 three parts about half-way to 

 the base. 



TRIFLO'ROu-S, three-flowered. 



TRIFOLIATE, strictly, three- 

 leaved, but often incorrectly 

 applied to leaves which have 

 three leaflets, as those of 

 clover. Compare Triphyl- 

 LOU8. 



TRIFO'lIOLATE, having three 

 leaflets. Usually but incor- 

 rectly called Trifoliate. 



TRIFtJR'cATE, see Trichoto- 

 mous. 



TRlG'AMOtTS, having staminate, 

 pistillate, and perfect flowers 

 in the same head in Composi- 

 te, being one of the polyga- 

 mous conditions. 



TRIGEM'lNOtJS, see Tergemi- 

 Natk and Tki.juoate. 



TRIGONAL, see Tkiooxous. 



TRiG'ONOtTS, prismatic, and 

 three-angled, as the stems of 

 sedges; trigonal. Compare 

 Triquethous. 



TRiG'tNOUS, having three pistils 

 Or styles; trirarpellary. 



TRIJ'tGATE, having three pairs 

 of leaflets arranged in any man- 

 ner upon a leaf, especially along 

 a common petiole; trijugous. 

 Compare Tekokmixate. 



TRlj'UGOtJS, see Trijugate. 



TRILATERAL, three-sided. See 

 Trigonous. 



TRILOBATE, three-lobed. 



TRILdC'tJLAR, three-celled: ap- 

 plied to pericarps. 



TRI'MEROUS, having the parts 

 in threes: applied to flowers 

 having calyx, petals, and sta- 

 mens each three or a multiple 



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of three. Sometimes written 

 3-merous. 



TRlMOR'PHlC, see Trimor- 



PHOUS. 



TRlMOR'FHOu-S, having three 

 kinds of flowers in the same 

 species, differing in the rela- 

 tive lengths of their stamens 

 and pistils; heterogenous tri-' 

 morphous. Compare Dimor- 

 phous. See Heterogonous. 



TRINERV'ATE, see Three- 

 nerved. 



TRI'NERVED, see Three- 



NKUVED. 



TRINOD'AL, having three nodes. 



TRI(E'CIOu"S, having a polyga- 

 mous condition in which there 

 are staminate, pistillate, and 

 perfect flowers, each on differ- 

 ent sets of plants. 



TRIOI COUS, see Tricecious. 



TRIO'VtJLATE, containing three 

 ovules. 



TRI'PARTED, see Tripartite. 

 Compare Three-parted. 



TRIPARTITE, divided into three 

 parts nearly to the base; three- 

 parted. 



TRlPET'ALOUS, of three petals. 



TRlPH'tLLOUS, having three 

 leaves or leaf-like bodies in a 

 whorl, or otherwise associated; 

 —applied especially to a three- 

 leaved calyx or perianth. 



TRIPlN'NATE, thrice pinnate, as 

 a bi pin i) ate leaf the leaflets of 

 which (or some of them) are 

 themselves pinnate; terpinnate. 



TRIPInnAtIfId, thrice pin- 

 natifid; thrice pinnately cleft; 

 — said of a pinnatind leaf 

 when its segments are pin- 

 natifld and the subdivisions of 

 these are also pinnatind. 



TRiPlNNAX'ISECT, the same as 

 Tripinuatifld, with the divi- 



