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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

quadrifidus

;

quattuor

four +

findere

to cleave: cf. F.

quadrifide

Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts;

as, a

quadrifid

perianth; a

quadrifid

leaf.

Adj.

[L. quadrifidus; quadra and findo, to divide.]

In botany, four-cleft, as a quadrifid perianth; cut into four segments, with linear sinuses and straight margins, as a quadrifid leaf.

quadrifid ‎(not comparable)

Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.

a quadrifid perianth

a quadrifid leaf