TERNATE Meaning of TERNATE in English [ 'tə:neɪt ]■ adjective Botany (of a compound leaf) having three leaflets.OriginC18: from mod. L. ternatus , from med. L. ternare 'make threefold', from terni 'three at once'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004