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tricarpellary (tri'karpeT&ri) a. [Gk. 

 Ma, three ; karpos, fruit.] With 

 three carpels (dot.}. 



triceps (trfse'ps) n. [L. tres, three ; 

 caput, head.] Appl. a muscle with 

 three heads or insertions (anat.). 



trichites (trik'its) n. plu. [Gk. thrix, 

 hair.] Fine rod-like structures 

 found in the tongue of Didinium, 

 an Infusorian (zoo/.). 



trichocarpous (trlk'dkar'pus) a. [Gk. 

 thrix, hair ; karpos, fruit.] With 

 hairy fruits (dot,). 



trichocyst (trik'dsist) n. [Gk. thrix, 

 hair ; kystis, a bladder.] An oval 

 or spindle-shaped protrusible body 

 found in Infusorians (zoo/.). 



trichodragmata (trik'ddrag'mata) n. 

 plu. [Gk. thrix, hair ; dragma, a 

 sheaf.J Straight, fine hair-like 

 spicules in bundles (zoo/.). 



trichogyne (trik'qjm) n. [Gk. thrix, 

 hair ; gyne, woman.] An elongated 

 hair-like receptive cell at the end 

 of the carpogonium of Thallophytes 

 (dot.}. 



trichome (trik'om) n. [Gk. trichoma, 

 a growth of hair.] A hairy epi- 

 dermal structure (bot.). 



trichophore (trik'ofor) n. [Gk. thrix, 

 hair ; pherein, to bear.] A group 

 of cells bearing the trichogyne 

 (hot.} ; a chaetigerous sac of 

 Annelids (zoo/.). 



trichotomous (trikot'omus) a. [Gk. 

 tricha, threefold ; tome, a cutting.] 

 Divided into three branches (bot.). 



tricipital (trlsip'ital) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; caput, head.] Having three 

 heads or insertions, as the triceps 

 (anat.). 



tricoccous (trlkok'us) a. [Gk. tria, 

 three ; kokkos, a kernel.] Appl. a 

 three-carpel fruit (hot.). 



trlconodont (triko'nodont) a. [Gk. 

 tria, three ; konos, cone ; odous, 

 tooth.] Appl. a tooth with three 

 crown prominences in a line parallel 

 to the jaw axis (zoo/.). 



trlcostate (trikos'tat) a. [L. tres. 

 three ; costa, rib.] Having three 

 ribs (bot.). 



tricotyledonous (trl'kotlle'donus) a. 

 [Gk. tria, three ; kotyledon, a cup- 

 like hollow.] With three cotyledons 

 (bot.). 



trtcrotic (tnkrot'ik) a. [Gk. tria, 



three ; krotein, to beat.] Having a 

 triple beat in the arterial pulse 

 (Phys.). 



tricrural (trikroor'al) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; crus, leg.] With three 

 branches. 



tricuspid (trikus'pid) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; cuspis, a point.] Three- 

 pointed ; appl. a triangular valve 

 of the heart (anat.}. 



tricuspidate (trlkus'pldat) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; cuspis, a point.] Appl. a 

 three-pointed leaf (bot.). 



tridactyl (trldak'tll) a. [Gk. tria, 

 three ; daktylos, finger.] Having 

 three digits (zoo/.). 



tridentate (triden'tat) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; dens, tooth.] Having three 

 tooth-like divisions (bot.}. 



tridynamous (tridin'amus) a. [Gk. 

 tria, three ; dynamis, power.] With 

 three long and three short stamens 

 (bot.). 



trifacial (trifa'shial) a. [L. tres, three ; 

 fades, face.] Appl. the fifth cranial 

 nerve, the trigeminal (anat.). 



trifarious (trlfa'rius) a. [L. trifarius, 

 of three sorts.] In groups of three ; 

 of three kinds ; in three rows ; 

 having three surfaces (bot.). 



trifid (tri'fld) a. [L. tres, three ; 

 Jindere, to cleave.] Cleft to form 

 three lobes. 



triflagellate (trlflaj'glat) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; flagellum, a whip.] Having 

 three flagella (zoo/.). 



trifoliate (trifo'liat) a. [L. tres, three ; 

 folium, a leaf.] Having three leaves 

 growing from the same point (bol.). 



trifoliolate (trlfo'llolat) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; foliola, a small leaf/] Hav- 

 ing three leaflets growing from the 

 same point (bot.). 



trifurcate (trifur'kat) a. [L. tres, 

 three ; furca, a fork.] With three 

 forks or branches. 



trigamous (trig'amus) a. [Gk. tria, 

 three ; gamos, marriage.] Appl. 

 a flower-head with staminate, pistil- 

 late, and hermaphrodite flowers 

 (bot.). 



trigeminal nerve, the largest cere- 

 bral nerve, the great sensory nerve 

 of head and face, and motor nerve 

 of mastication muscles (anat.). 



trigon (tri'gon) n. [Gk. tria, three ; 

 gonia, angle.] The triangle of 



