Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ternate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ternate \Ter"nate\, a. [NL. ternatus, fr. L. terni three each.
See {Tern}, a.]
Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches,
leaves, or flowers. -- {Ter"nate*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ternate
adj : of a leaf shape; consisting of three leaflets or sections
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