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tripetalous, a. Bot.|traɪˈpɛtələs|
[f. tri- + L. petalum petal n. + -ous.]
Having, or consisting of, three petals. Also † triˈpetalose a. Obs. So triˈpetaloid, tripetaˈloideous adjs. (of a six-parted perianth) having three of the segments petaloid.[1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 118/1 Tripetala, or Tetrapetala, Flowers which consist of 3 or 4 leaves.] 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 283 The *tripetaloid flower and polyspermous fruit of Xyris. 1866Treas. Bot. 1173 Tripetaloid, consisting of six parts, of which three resemble petals, and three are green and small.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 254 These water-plants are readily distinguished from all other monocotyledons by their *tripetaloideous flowers.
1698Petiver in Phil. Trans. XX. 332 The Flowers [are] *tripetalose.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. s.v. Petala, Plants are distinguished into Monopetalous,..*Tripetalous, and Pentapetalous. c1711Petiver Gazophyl. viii. lxxi, A blew flowred tripetalous Plant, with Lilly Leaves. 1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 136 Fair tripetalous depending flowers. |