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| ter·nate [ túr nàyt, túrnət ] |
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divided in three: describes a compound leaf that is divided into three more or less equal parts
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| [Mid-18th century. < modern Latin ternatus< medieval Latin ternare "make threefold" < Latin terni (see ternary)] |
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 ter·nate·ly adverb |
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