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tricurvate

tricurvate adjective: curved in three directions.

Adjective

tricurvate (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Curved in three directions.
    • a tricurvate spicule
    • a tricurvate ridge

Origin of tricurvate

From tri- + curvate.

Questions about tricurvate

What does tricurvate mean?
Tricurvate means curved in three directions.
What part of speech is tricurvate?
Tricurvate is an adjective.

Words near tricurvate in the dictionary

  1. triculturalism
  2. triculturally
  3. triculture
  4. tricultures
  5. tricursal
  6. tricurvate
  7. tricuspal
  8. tricuspid
  9. tricuspid valve
  10. tricuspid valves
  11. tricuspidal

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