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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUADRIFID

a.[L. quadrifidus; quadra and findo, to divide. ] In botany, four-cleft, as a quadrifid perianth; cut into four segments, with linear sinuses and straight margins, as a quadrifid leaf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUADRIFID

Quad "ri *fid, a. Etym: [L. quadrifidus; quattuor four + findere to cleave: cf. F. quadrifide.]

 

Defn: Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.