Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
trilobate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
trilobate .
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- adjective
trilobate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the trailers — the caltrops — has trilobed, saw-edged leaves (harsh on both sides), yellow flowers of unpleasant odour, and fruit which, perhaps, formed the model of the war weapon of the time of the Crusaders.
Tropic Days 2003
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At a certain season its big, trilobed, hollow-stalked leaves changed from bright green to pale yellow and lingeringly fell, and often before the last disappeared, flower-buds registered the date with almost almanac exactitude.
Tropic Days 2003
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One of the trailers -- the caltrops -- has trilobed, saw-edged leaves (harsh on both sides), yellow flowers of unpleasant odour, and fruit which, perhaps, formed the model of the war weapon of the time of the Crusaders.
Tropic Days 1887
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From the surface of the trilobed capsules of this plant, which are about the size of peas,
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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a certain season its big, trilobed, hollow-stalked leaves changed from bright green to pale yellow and lingeringly fell, and often before the last disappeared, flower-buds registered the date with almost almanac exactitude.
Tropic Days 1887
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