Triflorous, trī-flō′rus, adj. three-flowered.—Also Triflō′ral.
Trifoliate, -d, trī-fō′li-āt, -ed, adj. three-leaved.—ns. Trifō′lium, a genus of small plants of the bean family—the clovers with trifoliate leaves and purple, red, white, or yellow flowers; Trī′foly (Browning), trefoil. [L. tres, three, folium, leaf.]
Triforium, trī-fō′ri-um, n. the arcade over the arches of a church between nave and side aisles:—pl. Trifō′ria. [L. tri, tris, thrice, foris, a door.]
Triform, trī′form, adj. having a triple form—also Trī′formed.—n. Triform′ity.—adj. Triform′ous. [L. triformis—tres, three, forma, form.]
Trifurcate, -d, trī-fur′kāt, -ed, adj. having three forks or branches.—v.i. Trifur′cate, to divide into three parts.—n. Trifurcā′tion. [L. trifurcus—tri, tris, thrice, furca, a fork.]
Trig, trig, adj. trim, neat: tight, sound.—n. a dandy.—adv. Trig′ly.—n. Trig′ness. [Prob. Scand., Ice. tryggr, fine.]
Trig, trig, n. a skid for a wheel, &c.: the mark for players at skittles, &c.—v.t. to stop, to obstruct, to skid.
Trigamous, trig′am-us, adj. (bot.) having three sorts of flowers, male, female, and hermaphrodite, in the same flower-head.—ns. Trig′amist, one who marries three wives; Trig′amy, the state of having three husbands or wives at the same time. [Gr. tri, tris, three, gamos, marriage.]
Trigeminal, trī-jem′i-nal, adj. triple, threefold.—adj. Trigem′inous, born three at a birth.—n. Trigemi′nus, the trifacial nerve.
Trigger, trig′ėr, n. a catch which when pulled looses the hammer of a gun in firing: a catch to hold a wheel when driving on steep ground. [Dut. trekker—trekken, to pull.]