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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUADRIVALVE, QUADRIVALVULAR

a.In botany, having four valves; four-valved; as a quadrivalve pericarp.

 

QUADRIVALVES

n.plu. [L. quadra, quatuor, and valva, valve. ] A door with four folds or leaves.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUADRIVALVE

Quad "ri *valve, a. Etym: [Quadri- + valve: cf. F. quadrivalve. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.

 

QUADRIVALVE

QUADRIVALVE Quad "ri *valve, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.