Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Thrice double: specifically applied in botany to a compound leaf having at the base a pair of leaflets and then forking, with a pair on each branch, as in
Calliandra tergemina .
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- adjective botany Having
three pairs ofleaflets .
Etymologies
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See tergeminous.
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