three-lobed

Divided into thirds

Having three rounded projections or divisions.

The term appears most often in botanical descriptions—a three-lobed leaf, a three-lobed petal—but applies to any shape with three distinct bulging sections: The three-lobed silhouette of a trefoil window.

botanical

leaf

Plant's photosynthetic organ

sassafras · trillium · liverwort · foliage · frond · petal · sepal · ivy · fig · maple

anatomical

liver

Abdominal detoxifying organ

cerebellum · thyroid · organ · gland · tissue · segmented · hemisphere · structure · morphology · dissection

decorative

motif

Recurring thematic element

trefoil · medallion · carving · relief · emblem · heraldic · fleur-de-lis · Celtic · pattern · design

Categories
Opposites
leaf/organ morphology complexity

three-lobedentire

Lacking no part

undivided · simple · uncut · lobeless · unsegmented

number of lobes

three-lobedbilobed

Having two rounded divisions

Family

three, lobe, lobed, thrice, third, thirds, thirdly, thirteen, thirteenth

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G