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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

trifidus

; tri- (see

) + the root of

findere

to split: cf. F.

trifide

Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

Adj.

[L. trifidus; tres, three, and findo, to divide.]

In botany, divided into three parts by linear sinuses with strait margins; three-cleft.

See also: triffid

trifid ‎(not comparable)