trifurcate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: tri=fur=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

trifurcate, a. [L. trifurcus; tri- (see Tri-) + furca fork.].

 Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trifurcate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. divide into three branches.
--adj. divided into three branches.

THESAURUS

trifurcate

V-shaped, Y-shaped, arboreal, arborescent, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, crotched, deltoid, dendriform, dendritic, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, pronged, ramous, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-pronged, three-sided, tree-shaped, treelike, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, tridentlike, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcated, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, triparted, tripartite, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected

ROGET THESAURUS

trifurcate

Trisection

N trisection, tripartition, trichotomy, third, third part, trifid, trisected, tripartite, trichotomous, trisulcate, Triadelphous, triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular, tridental, tridentate, tridentiferous, trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal, trigrammic, trigrammatic, tripetalous, tripodal, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous.