trifid
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of trifid
First recorded in 1745–55, trifid is from the Latin word trifidus split in three. See tri-, -fid
Example Sentences
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Canes short, thick, dark reddish-brown; tendrils intermittent, frequently three in line, bifid or trifid.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Vine vigorous, climbing; shoots more or less angled and pubescent; pubescence remaining only in patches on mature wood; canes mostly with short internodes; diaphragms thick; tendrils intermittent, long, strong, bifid or trifid.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Canes numerous, dark brown; nodes flattened; internodes short; tendrils continuous, trifid or bifid.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
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
Some of the filaments are bifid, trifid, and even branched.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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