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

  • adjective Having three lobes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Three-lobed; having three lobes or foils: noting a part divided from the apex to the middle into three sections which recede somewhat from each other.

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

  • adjective Having three lobes.

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  • adjective Having three lobes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes

Etymologies

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tri- +‎ lobate

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  • having three lobes

    June 12, 2007

  • "As a farewell present he had brought the tuan a trilobate betel box in which he might carry his coca-leaves, and a wig..."

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 110

    March 6, 2008

  • That's one hell of a title.

    November 29, 2008