ternate

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Leaves ternate, the lateral leaflets of the lower leaves parted nearly to the base; stamens 5, opposite to the sepals.—Iowa,

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Leaves.—Alternate; once- or twice- ternately compound; the leaflets ternately lobed.

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Biternate, twice ternate; i. e. principal divisions three, each bearing three leaflets, 59.

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So far as I can judge from these circumstances, I p. 87suppose that it is a species of Smilax, with ternate leaves. 

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It broadens and divides atop into three or four lobes, and these, in turn, broaden and divide into minor lobes, double or ternate, and usually rounded at their terminations.

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