adj. Arranged in or consisting of sets or groups of three, as a compound leaf with three leaflets. [New Latin ternātus, from Medieval Latin, past participle of ternāre, treble, from Latin ternī, three each; see TERN2.] ternate′ly adv. |
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An island of eastern Indonesia in the northern Moluccas east of northeast Sulawesi. Settled by the Portuguese (1522-1574), it was subjugated by the Dutch in 1683. |
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