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Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem. Martyn.

Division into three parts.

The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions.

Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

If, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations.

Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.

Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.

A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.

Having three cocci, or roundish carpels. Gray.

The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.

Having three colors.

Having three horns.

Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a lion.

Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.

Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).

Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.

Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf.

A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.

Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.

A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.