trip larIs

[Latin threefold, triple, from triplus triple: so named because the parts of the fructification are disposed in threes.] Botany : The typical genus of Triplarese (q. v.). Trees or shrubs with alternate, shortly-stalked, entire leaves, with short ochrese, inflorescence racemose, and a three-edged nut with winged angles. The trunk and branches of Trip laris american a, a native of tropical America, are chambered, and serve for the habitation of ants. *tri-plā-sian (sas sh), a . [Greek triplasios = thrice as many.] Threefold, triple, treble. "Being trip las i an or threefold, according to their theology."-Cudworth: Intell . System , p. 289.