a. Bot. [f. as next + -ATE2.] (See quots.)
1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., Tergeminum folium, a Tergeminate or thrice-double leaf.
1832. Lindley, Introd. Bot., IV. i. 391. Tergeminate..., when each of two secondary petioles bears towards its summit one pair of leaflets, and the common petiole bears a third pair at the origin of the two secondary petioles.
