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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

partitus

, p. p. of

partire

to part, divide, from

pars

. See

, and cf.

Adj.

]

(Bot.)

Divided nearly to the base;

as, a

partite

leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base

Adj.

[L. partitus, from partio, to divide. See Part.]

In botany, divided. A partite leaf is a simple leaf separated down to the base.