TERNATE


Meaning of TERNATE in English

[ 'tə:neɪt ]

■ adjective Botany (of a compound leaf) having three leaflets.

Origin

C18: from mod. L. ternatus , from med. L. ternare 'make threefold', from terni 'three at once'.

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