quadrifoil

[QUADRIFOLIATE.] quad-ri-fō-li-ate, quãd-ri-foil, adj. [Prefix quadri-, and Eng. foliate (q. v.).] Bot . ( of a petiole ): Bearing four leaflets from the same point. quãd-ri-für-cate, quad-ri-für-cat-ěd, adj . [Prefix quadri- , and English furcate , fur cated (q. v.).] Having four forks or branches. IMG:content-0040.png:[blocks in formation] quãd-ri-gěm-in-ous, a. [Lat. quadrigeminus, from quadrus = fourfold, and geminus =born with another, twin.] *1. Ord. Lang .: Having four similar parts; fourfold. 2. Anat .: Of or belonging to four rounded eminences ( corpora or tubercula quadrigemina ) separated by a crucial depre ion, and placed in twos above the pa age leading from the third to the fourth ventricle of the cerebrum.