Trimerous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having three similar segments or parts.
  • adj. Botany Having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of three.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Organized in threes; having parts in numbers that are multiples of three.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the parts in threes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, of three members; having the parts or members three in each cycle. Frequently written 3-merous.
  • In entomology: Divided into three joints; having three segments, as the tarsus of a beetle, thus:
  • Having the tarsi normally three-jointed, as a beetle; of or pertaining to the Trimera. Also trimeran.
  • Word Usage
    "It differs from P. virginiana in its longer leaves, brittle branches, and much greater height, from P. glabra in its rough upper trunk, and from both by the frequent presence of trimerous leaf-fascicles."
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