Meanings
adjectivetrifid (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyDivided into three lobes.
The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit.
1850, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, page 1058
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedivided into three lobes
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰinédti
- Proto-Italic*findō
- Latinfindō
- Latintrifidus
- Englishtrifid
From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).
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APA
trifid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifid
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“trifid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trifid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifid.
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