TRIOBOLAR; TRIOBOLARY Tri*ob"o*lar, Tri*ob"o*la*ry, a. Etym: [LL. triobolaris, fr. L. triobolus a piece of three oboli, Gr. Tri-, and Obolus.]
Defn: Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. [Obs.]
It may pass current . . . for a triobolar ballad. Cheyne.
TRIOCTILE
Tri*oc"tile, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + octile.] (Astrol.)
Defn: An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other. Hutton.
TRIOECIA
Tri*oe"ci*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Trioecious.] (Bot.)
Defn: The third order of the Linnæan class Polygamia.
TRIOECIOUS
Tri*oe"cious, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.
TRIOLE
Tri"ole, n. Etym: [See Triolet.] (Mus.)
Defn: Same as Triplet.