trifid

/'traifid/

Thân thiện

The botanist carefully sketches a flower with trifid petals.

Definition

1. 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)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. divided into three lobes
   • trifid petals