triternate
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English
Etymology
Adjective
triternate (not comparable)
- (botany) Three times ternate; applied to a leaf dividedvintovthree stalks, each with three leaflets that divide into three lobes
- triternate leaves on columbines
References
- “triternate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.