trisulcateadj.
/trʌɪˈsʌlkət/ 1. = trisulc adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of lightning: in specific form
trisulcate1705
chained1859
1705 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) 322 Him, that hurls the Bolt trisulcate.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 61 By whose right hand are hurled The flames trisulcate.
2.
a. Botany. Marked with three furrows or grooves, three-furrowed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms
b. Zoology. Divided into three digits, as a foot; tridactylous. (Cf. bisulcate adj. at bisulc adj. and n. Derivatives.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > cloven-footed > divided into three digits
trisulcate1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
Derivatives
triˈsulcated adj. rare = 2a above.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
1703 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1702–03 (Royal Soc.) 23 1428 The Fruit whole is about the bigness of a midling Nut, smooth, blackish and trisulcated.
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adj.1703