tricuspidate

American

[trahy-kuhs-pi-deyt] / traɪˈkʌs pɪˌdeɪt /

adjective

Anatomy.

having three cusps or flaps.

Etymology

Origin of tricuspidate

First recorded in 1745–55; tricuspid + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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The second is not inserted obliquely like its correspondent in the upper jaw, its axis is in a line with that of its neighbours; tricuspidate, the middle lobe being the highest.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

It differs from G. nutans in being an annual and in having filiform leaves, bicuspidate third glume which is scabrid all over the back and a fourth glume distinctly tricuspidate at the apex.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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