Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUAD'RI-FID, a. [L quadrifidus; quadra and findo, to divide.]

In botany, four-cleft, i. e. divided about half-way from the margin to the base; as, a quadrifid perianth; cut about half-way into four segments, with linear sinuses and straight margins; as, a quadrifid leaf. Martyn.