ternate

An obsolete adjective meaning arranged in threes or consisting of three parts; rarely used in modern English.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désuet signifiant disposé par trois ou composé de trois parties ; rarement utilisé en anglais moderne.

1. Arranged in threes C2 formal scientific

   Describing a leaf or plant structure that consists of three leaflets or sections.

   • The clover has a ternate leaf arrangement.
   • Botanists classify this plant as having ternate leaves.
   • The ternate pattern is common in many species of the bean family.

   🇫🇷terné

   Synonymes: ternarytrifoliatetrifoliolatetripartite