Trifid

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Divided into three lobes. not-comparable

    "The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit."

Adjective
  1. 1
    divided into three lobes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
deltoiddividedthree dimensionaltriangulartridenttrifurcate

Example

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"At the time the photogravures were ordered no large scale photograph of the Trifid nebula had, so far as I am aware, ever been published."

Etymology

From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).

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