Definition of Partite

1. a. Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.

Definition of Partite

1. Adjective. divided into parts ¹

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Definition of Partite

1. divided into parts [adj]

Medical Definition of Partite

1. Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base. Origin: L. Partitus, p.p. Of partire to part, divide, from pars. See Part, and cf. Party. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Partite

partim
parting
parting shot
parting shots
partings
partis
partis pris
partisan
partisanism
partisanly
partisans
partisanship
partisanships
partita
partitas
partite (current term)
partition
partition chromatography
partition coefficient
partition of unity
partition off
partitionable
partitioned
partitioned off
partitioner
partitioners
partitioning
partitionings
partitionist
partitionists

Literary usage of Partite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... give origin to lobed, cleft, and partite forms. \Vhen the divisions extend about half-way through the leaves, they may be thrce-lobed, five-lobed, ..."

2. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1876)
"... —THE TRI-partite ALLIANCE, OH THE NEW EMPIRE. The next and final chapter of the Chichimec annals covers a period of three quarters of a century, ..."

3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Carpophore 2-partite 10. Carum. Carpophore entire or 2 fid 9. Apium. tt Petals notched or 2-lobed. Ridges of fruit prominent: ..."

4. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the by John Ruskin (1877)
"The leaves are said to be very deeply pinnately partite ; but drawn—as neither pinnate nor partite ! And this is your modern cheap science, in ten volumes. ..."

5. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1864)
"Calyx 5-partite, surrounded by a 3-leaved itn o- ... Calyx 5-partite, somewhat tubular at the base: sepals linear, tomentose outside, hairy within : petals ..."

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