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ternate
1[ tur-nit, -neyt ]
adjective
- consisting of three; arranged in threes.
- Botany.
- consisting of three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- having leaves arranged in whorls of three, as a plant.
Ternate
2[ ter-nah-te; English ter-nah-tee ]
noun
- an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
ternate
/ ˈtɜːnɪt; -neɪt /
adjective
- (esp of a leaf) consisting of three leaflets or other parts
- (esp of plants) having groups of three members
Derived Forms
- ˈternately, adverb
Other Words From
- ternate·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ternate1
Example Sentences
Size and appearance of n. 1; leaves only twice ternate; flowers white, fewer; achenes 5–10, flat, somewhat crescent-shaped, tapering into the slender stipe.—Mountains of Va. and southward.
Leaves.—All radical; twice to thrice ternately compound.
Biternate, twice ternate; i. e. principal divisions three, each bearing three leaflets, 59.
So far as I can judge from these circumstances, I p. 87suppose that it is a species of Smilax, with ternate leaves.
It broadens and divides atop into three or four lobes, and these, in turn, broaden and divide into minor lobes, double or ternate, and usually rounded at their terminations.
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