tergeminate, a. Bot.
(tɜːˈdʒɛmɪnət)
[f. as next + -ate2.]
(See quots.)
| 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Tergeminum folium, a Tergeminate or thrice-double leaf. 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. iv. i. 391 Tergeminate.., when each of two secondary petioles bears towards its summit one pair of leaflets, and the common petiole bears a third pair at the origin of the two secondary petioles. |