Word Meanings - TRITERNATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.

• Three-nerved
  Having three nerves.
• Timeserver
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• THREEPARTED
  Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.
• Three-parted
  Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
• Timeserving
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• THREEPILE
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
• Threepence
  A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• THREEPOINTED
  Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

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