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trilobate

[ trahy-loh-beyt, trahy-luh-beyt ]

adjective

  1. having three lobes.


trilobate

/ ˈtraɪləˌbeɪt; traɪˈləʊbeɪt /

adjective

  1. (esp of a leaf) consisting of or having three lobes or parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilobate1

First recorded in 1765–75; tri- + lobate
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Example Sentences

But neither was trilobate, so they weren’t as closely related to life on Earth today.

It has a thick green, trilobate leaf, and a flower so delicate and gauze-like, that one wonders how it can bear for a moment the harsh storms to which it is exposed.

The nose is often twisted in epileptics, flattened and trilobate in cretins.

Just behind the mandibles are the maxillæ, which are trilobate at the end, as in the three orders of insects above named.

Not infrequently we meet with the trilobate nose, its tip rising like an isolated peak from the swollen nostrils, a form found among the Akkas, a tribe of pygmies of Central Africa.

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