Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as quadrivalvular.
  • noun One of a set of four folds or leaves forming a door.

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

  • noun (Arch.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
  • adjective (Bot.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved.

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

  • noun architecture A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

quadri- +‎ valve

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