combining form repr. L. triplicātus TRIPLICATE, rarely used in a few botanical terms instead of the simple tri-, as triplicato-pinnate a. = TRIPINNATE, triplicato-ternate a. = TRITERNATE.
[1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v. Leaf, Triplicato-ternatum.]
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. vi. (1765), 188. Triternate, or Triplicato-Ternate; when a Petiole bears three Folioles that are each of them Biternate.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1173. Triplicato-pinnate, the same as Tripinnate.
