trifid
/'traifid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Divided into three lobes or parts: Used primarily in botany and biology to describe leaves, petals, or other structures that are split into three distinct sections.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The plant was identified by its distinctive trifid leaves.
- Botanists noted the flower's trifid petals, each deeply cleft into three parts.
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Descriptive Use: The term is almost exclusively used in formal, scientific descriptions, particularly in botany, zoology, and anatomy.
- The trifid stigma is a key characteristic for classifying this species of orchid.
Variants and Related Words
- Bifid (adj): Divided into two lobes or parts.
- A bifid uvula is a common anatomical variation.
- Quadrifid (adj): Divided into four lobes or parts.
- The capsule dehisces into quadrifid segments.
Synonyms
- Three-cleft
- Tripartite (though this can imply three separate parts rather than a single structure divided into three)
- Trilobed
Antonyms
- Entire (in botanical context, meaning having a smooth, undivided margin)
- Simple (not divided into parts)
Adjective
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divided into three lobes
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trifid petals
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