a. Bot. [f. TRI- + COCC-US + -OUS.] Of a fruit: Composed of three cocci or carpels; also of a plant, having a fruit of this kind. Also Tricoccose a.
1697. Phil. Trans., XIX. 396. Tricoccos Shrubs called Widdow-Wayles.
1703. J. Petiver, ibid., XXIII. 1458. The Berry is perfectly tricoccose.
1707. Sloane, Jamaica, I. 124. A tricoccous, rough seed-vessel.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., vii. (1858) 114. The fruit of this order is tricoccous; that is, it consists of 3 carpels.
