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Definition of Partite
1. a. Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.
Definition of Partite
1. Adjective. divided into parts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Partite
1. divided into parts [adj]
Medical Definition of Partite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Partite
Literary usage of Partite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... give origin to lobed, cleft, and partite forms. \Vhen the divisions extend
about half-way through the leaves, they may be thrce-lobed, five-lobed, ..."
2. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1876)
"... —THE TRI-partite ALLIANCE, OH THE NEW EMPIRE. The next and final chapter of
the Chichimec annals covers a period of three quarters of a century, ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Carpophore 2-partite 10. Carum. Carpophore entire or 2 fid 9. Apium. tt Petals
notched or 2-lobed. Ridges of fruit prominent: ..."
4. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the by John Ruskin (1877)
"The leaves are said to be very deeply pinnately partite ; but drawn—as neither
pinnate nor partite ! And this is your modern cheap science, in ten volumes. ..."
5. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1864)
"Calyx 5-partite, surrounded by a 3-leaved itn o- ... Calyx 5-partite, somewhat
tubular at the base: sepals linear, tomentose outside, hairy within : petals ..."
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