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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ternate
    adj 1: (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or
           sections