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quadrifid
[ kwod-ruh-fid ]
adjective
- cleft into four parts or lobes.
quadrifid
/ ˈkwɒdrɪfɪd /
adjective
- botany divided into four lobes or other parts
quadrifid leaves
Word History and Origins
Origin of quadrifid1
Example Sentences
Having given thus a brief outline of the career of the patriarch, the king, and the knave, the life of a priest naturally presents itself as the most fitting to complement the present quadrifid series.
Having given thus a brief outline of the career of the patriarch, the king, and the knave, the life of a priest naturally presents itself as the most fitting to complement the present quadrifid series.
Mr. Trimen also informs me that the lower surface of the wings in certain other Geometræ514 and quadrifid Noctuæ are either more variegated or more brightly-coloured than the upper surface; but some of these species have the habit of “holding their wings quite erect over their backs, retaining them in this position for a considerable time,” and thus exposing to view the under surface.
Quadri-, in words of Latin origin, four; as Quadrangular, four-angled; Quadrifoliate, four-leaved; Quadrifid, four-cleft.
And the phrases two-cleft, or, in the Latin form, bifid, three-cleft or trifid, four-cleft or quadrifid, five-cleft or quinquefid, etc., or many-cleft, in the Latin form, multifid,—express the number of the Segments, or portions.
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