quinquefid
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And the phrases two-cleft, or, in the Latin form, bifid, three-cleft or trifid, four-cleft or quadrifid, five-cleft or quinquefid, etc., or many-cleft, in the Latin form, multifid,—express the number of the Segments, or portions.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
The calyx is quinquefid, and the flower quinquepetalous.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
The male flowers are formed like a tapering column, and close over each other like the scales of fish; the female flowers consist of a trumpet-like style, with a quinquefid stigma.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent, pentavalent; quinquarticular†; octifid†; decimal, tenth, tithe; duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal†, sexagenary†; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
Male calyx is trifid, the corolla three-petalled, with five stamens; the female calyx is quinquefid, the corolla divided into three segments, and furnished with three stamens.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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