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trifid
[ trahy-fid ]
adjective
- cleft into three parts or lobes.
trifid
/ ˈtraɪfɪd /
adjective
- divided or split into three parts or lobes
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- sub·trifid adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of trifid1
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Example Sentences
With the Restoration, forks were firmly established on the table, alongside the new trifid spoons.
One of the most exquisite of these modern photographs is that of the Trifid nebula in Sagittarius (Fig. 142).
Canes long to medium, numerous, covered with rather thick blue bloom; tendrils intermittent, bifid and trifid.
Canes long to medium, of average number, thick; internodes long; tendrils continuous to intermittent, bifid to sometimes trifid.
Canes large and long, with stiff reddish hairs at base; shoots showing considerable bloom; tendrils intermittent, usually trifid.
Canes long, not very numerous; tendrils intermittent to rarely continuous, bifid to trifid.
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