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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In prosody, a group of three lines; a three-line stanza.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[tri– + (di)stich.]

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