Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having three petals.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, three-petaled; having three petals or flower-leaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Having three petals.

Etymologies

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tri- +‎ petalous: compare French tripétale.

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