Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, arranged in three vertical rows or ranks; trifarious. See phyllotaxis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Arranged in three vertical rows.

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  • adjective botany Arranged in three vertical rows.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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