a. (sb.) Also 7 quadrifide. [ad. L. quadrifid-us, f. QUADRI- + fid- root of findĕre to cleave. Cf. mod.F. quadrifide.] Cleft into four divisions or lobes.

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1661.  Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 109. Claws like a Cow; but quadrifide.

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1766.  Pennant, Zool. (1769), III. 320. The tail is naturally bifid, but in many is trifid, and in some even quadrifid.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 52. Distinguished by … the quadrifid calyx.

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1875.  Darwin, Insectiv. Pl., xiv. 326. The quadrifid processes on the outer parts of the lobes.

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  b.  absol. as sb. A quadrifid process.

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1875.  Darwin, Insectiv. Pl., xiv. 326. On the broad outer surfaces of the lobes where the quadrifids are situated.

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