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triphyllous, a. Bot.|traɪˈfɪləs|
[f. Gr. τρίϕυλλ-ος (f. τρι- tri- + ϕύλλον leaf) + -ous.]
Having or consisting of three leaves; spec. of a calyx or corolla, trisepalous or tripetalous.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxxii. (1765) 156 Ranunculus, with a triphyllous Calyx and polypetalous. 1762Ehret in Phil. Trans. LIII. 82 At the base of this broad petal is situated an irregular unequal-divided triphyllous periantheum. 1866Treas. Bot. 1173 Triphyllous, having the leaves in a whorl of three; also, having only three leaves. |