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Dictionary: tri·fid   (trī'fĭd') pronunciation

adj.
Divided or cleft into three narrow parts or lobes: a trifid tail; a trifid organ.

[Latin trifidus : tri-, tri- + findere, fid-, to split.]


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(trī'fĭd')
adj.

Divided into three narrow parts or lobes.

Split into three parts.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (botany) divided into three lobes


 
 
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