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quadrifid

quadrifid adjective: divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.

Adjective

quadrifid (not comparable)

  1. Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.
    • a quadrifid perianth
      a quadrifid leaf

Origin of quadrifid

From Latin quadrifidus, from quadri- + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Questions about quadrifid

What does quadrifid mean?
Quadrifid means divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.
What part of speech is quadrifid?
Quadrifid is an adjective.

Words near quadrifid in the dictionary

  1. quadriennials
  2. quadriennium
  3. quadrienniums
  4. quadrifarious
  5. quadrifariously
  6. quadrifid
  7. quadrified
  8. quadrifies
  9. quadrifilar
  10. quadrifine
  11. quadriflagellate

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