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.
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Trifid
Synonyms for "trifid" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
deltoidthree dimensional
Adjective(1 words)
three lobed part
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(2 words)
threefold segmenttripartite
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7 entriesMore specific
8 entriesthree lobed leafthree pronged projectionthree-cleftthree-lobedthree-lobed nebulathree-part nebulathree-prongedtripartite nebula
Collocations
6 entriestrifid leaftrifid leavestrifid morphologytrifid nebulatrifid segmentationtrifid structure
Inflections
2 entriesmore trifidmost trifid
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit.
Source: wiktionary