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tricuspidate

[ trahy-kuhs-pi-deyt ]

adjective

, Anatomy.
  1. having three cusps or flaps.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tricuspidate1

First recorded in 1745–55; tricuspid + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

It differs from G. nutans in being an annual and in having filiform leaves, bicuspidate third glume which is scabrid all over the back and a fourth glume distinctly tricuspidate at the apex.

The second is not inserted obliquely like its correspondent in the upper jaw, its axis is in a line with that of its neighbours; tricuspidate, the middle lobe being the highest.

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