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trifid

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Adjective

HYPHEN

tri=fid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective trifid has 1 sense

trifid(s = adj.all) Array - divided into three lobes; "trifid petals"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

trifid, a. [L. trifidus; tri- (see Tri-) + the root of findere to split: cf. F. trifide.].

Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

trifid, adj. esp. Biol. partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes.

Etymology

L trifidus (as TRI-, findere fid- split)

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ROGET THESAURUS

trifid

Trisection

N trisection, tripartition, trichotomy, third, third part, trifid, trisected, tripartite, trichotomous, trisulcate, Triadelphous, triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular, tridental, tridentate, tridentiferous, trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal, trigrammic, trigrammatic, tripetalous, tripodal, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous.

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