trigone
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Etymology edit
From French trigone,[1] from Latin trigōnum, from Ancient Greek τρῐ́γωνον (trígōnon). Doublet of trigon and trigonon.
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trigone (plural trigones)
- (botany) One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
- 1992, Marie L. Hicks, Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina, page 66:
- Leaf cells are about 25–30 μm, with thin walls and bulging trigones.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
- (anatomy) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve
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- ^ “trigone, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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trigone m (plural trigoni)
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trigone
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- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triˈɡoː.ne/, [t̪rɪˈɡoːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈɡo.ne/, [t̪riˈɡɔːne]
Adjective edit
trigōne
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