triquetrous
Americanadjective
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three-sided; triangular.
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having a triangular cross section.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subtriquetrous adjective
Etymology
Origin of triquetrous
1650–60; < Latin triquetrus triangular, equivalent to tri- tri- + -quetrus cornered
Example Sentences
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P. subumb. glabrous; g. triquetrous; s. wavy, pure white, apex with black points.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Capsule membranous, elliptical, acutish at each end or shortly stipitate, triquetrous and acutely winged, very tardily dehiscent.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Style mostly 3-parted and achene triangular or triquetrous.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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 Rangachari, K.
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 Massee, George
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