multifid

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mul=ti=fid

CIDE DICTIONARY

multifid, a. [L. multifidus; multus much, many + findere to split: cf. F. multifide.].

 Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

multifid, adj. Bot. & Zool. divided into many parts.

Etymology

L multifidus (as MULTI-, fid- stem of findere cleave)

ROGET THESAURUS

multifid

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.