having a compound ovary consisting of three united carpels
tricarpellary in American English
(traiˈkɑːrpəˌleri)
adjective
Botany
having three carpels
Word origin
[1870–75; tri- + carpellary]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, immobilize, upgrade, washouttri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triathlon, triforium, trigeminal, triglyceride, triple
Examples of 'tricarpellary' in a sentence
tricarpellary
All species studied have a tricarpellary and trilocular ovary, with an obturator covering the placental region.
Natividad Ferreira Fagundes, Jorge Ernesto de Araujo Mariath 2010, 'Morphoanatomy and ontogeny of fruit in Bromeliaceae species Morfoanatomia e ontogeniade fruto em espécies de Bromeliaceae', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062010000300020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)