Trī-nō'dal, a.
a. [Lat. trinodis, three-knotted, from tri, q. v., and nodus, knot.] (Bot.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot, as a stem.
a. [Lat. trinodis, three-knotted, from tri, q. v., and nodus, knot.] (Bot.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot, as a stem.