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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadrivalve

Quad′ri-valve

,
Adj.
[
Quadri-
+
valve
: cf. F.
quadrivalve
.]
(Bot.)
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved;
as, a
quadrivalve
pericarp
.

Quad′ri-valve

,
Noun.
(Arch.)
A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadrivalve

QUAD'RIVALVE

,

Definition 2024


quadrivalve

quadrivalve

English

Noun

quadrivalve (plural quadrivalves)

  1. (architecture) A door, shutter, etc. with four folds.

Adjective

quadrivalve (not comparable)

  1. (botany) dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved
    a quadrivalve pericarp