Defn: Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair.
— Tri"fling*ly, adv.
— Tri"fling*ness, n.
TRIFLORAL; TRIFLOROUS Tri*flo"ral, Tri*flo"rous, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Defn: Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.
TRIFLUCTUATION
Tri*fluc`tu*a"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + fluctuation.]
Defn: A concurrence of three waves. [Obs.] "A trifluctuation of evils." Sir T. Browne.
TRIFOLIATE; TRIFOLIATED
Tri*fo"li*ate, Tri*fo"li*a`ted, a. Etym: [Tri- + foliate. Cf.
Trefoil.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of
Shamrock.
TRIFOLIOLATE
Tri*fo"li*o*late, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + foliolate.]
Defn: (Bot.) Having three leaflets.
TRIFOLIUM
Tri*fo"li*um, n. Etym: [L., clover.] (Bot.)