ternate
adjective
- consisting of three
- arranged in threes
- Bot.
- having three leaflets
- growing in groups or whorls of three, as some leaves
See ternate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tûrˈnātˌ, -nĭt)
adjective Arranged in or consisting of sets or groups of three, as a compound leaf with three leaflets.
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(tər-näˈtā, tĕr-näˈtĕ)
An island of eastern Indonesia in the northern Moluccas east of northeast Sulawesi. Settled by the Portuguese (1521-1574), it was subjugated by the Dutch in 1683.