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parted

Pronunciation:  'partid

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
 
 Synonyms: compound
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Part"ed\, a.
1. Separated; devided.

2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

3. (Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not
   quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of
   a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted,
   five-parted, etc. --Gray.

 

 

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