triquetrous

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The _spikes_ are usually few, 2 to 6, 3 to 6 inches long, with a triquetrous, narrowly winged rachis.

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  1. adjective Three-edged; having three salient angles: triquetrous mandibles.

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  1. From Latin triquetrus, three-cornered : tri-, tri- + -quetrus, -cornered.

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  1. from Latin triquetrus, three-cornered, triangular, from tres (tri-), three, + -quetrus, prob. a mere formative. Cf. trinket.
 

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/traɪˈkwɛtrəs/
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