A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


triple (i.e. a specified amount times (x) three), treble, threefold, triplicated, multiplied by three, having three parts, treble: triplex,-icis (adj.B); triplicatus,-a,-um (part.A); triplus,-a,-um (adj.A); - annulo singulari, duplici vel triplici, with the annulus single, double or triple. - annulo singulari, duplicato vel triplicato, with the annulus single, double or triple. - annulo unico, duplo vel triplo, with the annulus one, double or triple. Geastrum triplex, abl. sg. Geastro triplici, a mushroom. NOTE: tri- is always 1 X 3. NOTE: ‘triple’ in English derives from L. ‘triplus,-a,-um’ (WIII).
triple: triplo (adv.); 3-plo (adv.); see triplo (adv.).
triple-nerved: “triple-ribbed, when of three ribs the two lateral ones emerge from the middle one a little above its base” (Lindley); triple-nerved, “having three nerves; usually having a prominent vein on each side of the midrib above the base” as in a sunflower” (WIII): triplinervis,-e (adj.B), q.v., triplinervius,-a,-um (adj.A); see trinervis,-e (adj.B). - segmentis glaberrimis ovatis acuminatis triplinerviis (DeCandolle), with the segments very glabrous, ovate, acuminate, triple-nerved. - [Arenaria] sepalis oblongis obtusiusculis triplinerviis (DeCandolle), with the sepals oblong, somewhat obtuse, triple-nerved.