partite

American  

[pahr-tahyt] / ˈpɑr taɪt /

adjective

1. divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination).

   a tripartite agreement.

2. Botany. parted.

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partite British  

/ ˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (in combination) composed of or divided into a specified number of parts

   bipartite

2. (esp of plant leaves) divided almost to the base to form two or more parts

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Etymology

Origin of partite

First recorded in 1560–70, partite is from the Latin word partītus (past participle of partīrī to divide). See part, -ite ²

Example Sentences

The spores in many species amongst the Melanconiei are remarkably fine; those of Stegonosporium have the endochrome partite and cellular.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

P. fleshy-fibrous, ovate-shell-shaped, semiorbicular, or cuneiform, simple, lobed or partite, tomentose; g. dense, ochre-fuscous; s. lateral, very short; sp. 5-7 � 3. mollis, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Your aspects, dignities, ascendancies, Your partite quartiles, and your plastic trines, And all your heavenly houses and effects, Shall meet no more devout expounders here.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

The leaves are said to be very deeply pinnately partite; but drawn—as neither pinnate nor partite!

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

It thus includes such cases as the division of an ordinarily entire leaf into a lobed or partite one, as well as those characterised by the separation of organs usually joined together.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.