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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadrifid

Quad′ri-fid

,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadrifid

QUAD'RIFID

,
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.

Definition 2024


quadrifid

quadrifid

English

Adjective

quadrifid (not comparable)

  1. Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts.
    a quadrifid perianth
    a quadrifid leaf