Definition of "quadrifid" []

• Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts. (adjective)

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• "'Flora Lapponica' (pp. 145 and 164) mentions quadrifid petals of"
• "The glands apparently absorb more quickly than do the quadrifid and bifid processes; and on the view above maintained, namely that they absorb matter from putrid water occasionally emitted from the bladders, they ought to act more quickly than the processes; as these latter remain in permanent contact with captured and decaying animals."
• "This substance was chosen partly because it is absorbed by the quadrifid processes and more especially by the glands of Utricularia -- a plant which, as we shall hereafter see, feeds on decayed animal matter."