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adjective
1.
divided into or consisting of three parts: the tripartite occupation of West Germany.
2.
involving, participated in, or made by three parties: a tripartite treaty signed by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
3.
Botany. divided into three parts.
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Tripartite
is always a great word to know.
So is antheridia. Does it mean:
| organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes |
| male reproductive structure which produces gametes in ferns, mosses, fungi and algae |
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tripartite
c.1420, "divided in three," from L. tripartitus "divided into three parts," from tri- "three" + partitus, pp. of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).
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