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trifid

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIFID

a.[L. trifidus; tres, three, and findo, to divide. ] In botany, divided into three parts by linear sinuses with strait margins; three-cleft.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRIFID

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

 

Defn: Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

trifid

tri fid |ˈtrīfid ˈtrifɪd | adjective chiefly Biology partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin trifidus, from tri- three + fid- split, divided (from the verb findere ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

trifid

trifid |ˈtrʌɪfɪd | adjective 1 chiefly Biology partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes. 2 (also trefid ) (of an antique spoon ) with three notches splitting the end of the handle. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin trifidus, from tri- three + fid- split, divided (from the verb findere ).