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trifidate

trifidate adjective: bifid, divided into two main parts.

Adjective

trifidate (not comparable)

  1. Bifid, divided into two main parts.
    • It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are generally rarer than bifidate ones.2024, Claudio De Stefani, “Stemmi trifidi e traduzioni orientali”, in Wiener Studien

Origin of trifidate

From Latin trifidus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, trifid + -ate.

Questions about trifidate

What does trifidate mean?
Trifidate means bifid, divided into two main parts.
What part of speech is trifidate?
Trifidate is an adjective.

Words near trifidate in the dictionary

  1. triffids
  2. triffis
  3. triffises
  4. trifid
  5. trifid cipher
  6. trifidate
  7. trifidly
  8. trifilar
  9. trifine
  10. triflagellate
  11. triflagellated

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