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QUADRIVALVE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Quad"ri*valve\, a. [Quadri- + valve: cf. F.
    quadrivalve.] (Bot.)
    Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a
    quadrivalve pericarp.
    
  2. \Quad"ri*valve\, n. (Arch.)
    A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
    
 

 

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