triphyllous

American

[trahy-fil-uhs] / traɪˈfɪl əs /

adjective

Botany.

having three leaves.

Etymology

Origin of triphyllous

First recorded in 1750–60; tri- + -phyllous

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triphyllous

Turpentine Tree, burseræ gummifera, belongs to the order diœcia, class polygamia; the calyx is triphyllous, the corolla three-leaved, and the seed-vessel tri-valved.

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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