triternateadj.
/trʌɪˈtəːnət/, /trʌɪˈtəːneɪt/, U.S. /traɪˈtərneɪt/, /traɪˈtərnət/ Botany.
Thrice ternate: see quots. (Abbrev. 3-ternate.)
ΚΠ
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vi. 184 Triternate, or Triplicato-Ternate; when a Petiole bears three Folioles that are each of them Biternate.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. iv. 391 Triternate, when the common petiole divides into three secondary petioles, which are each subdivided into three tertiary petioles, each of which bears three leaflets.
Derivatives
triˈternately adv.
ΚΠ
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 20 A large triternately compound leaf.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 168 Peucedanum officinale; leaves 3-ternately pinnate.
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