triquetrous
Americanadjective
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three-sided; triangular.
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having a triangular cross section.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of triquetrous
1650–60; < Latin triquetrus triangular, equivalent to tri- tri- + -quetrus cornered
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The inflorescence is a compound spike varying in length from 4 to 10 inches, erect; the main rachis is triquetrous, dorsally rounded, glabrous and very thinly scaberulous at the edges.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
P. subumb. glabrous; g. triquetrous; s. wavy, pure white, apex with black points.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The spikelets are plano-convex, orbicular to oblong, obtuse, secund, 2-ranked on the flattened or triquetrous rachis of the spike-like branches of a raceme, one-flowered and falling off entire from the very short or obscure pedicels.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
P. campan. umb. thin, striate; g. triquetrous, thin, pale then ochre; s. slender, fistulose, fibrillose, slightly striate, cottony at the base; ring membranous, narrow, saffron-ochre; sp. 8-9 long. mycenoides, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
It is a native of Albania, and belongs to that section of its extensive genus having triquetrous and obtuse leaves, or blunt three-sided foliage, as formed by a well developed keel.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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