Quadrifid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadrifid \Quad"ri*fid\, a. [L. quadrifidus; quattuor four +
     findere to cleave: cf. F. quadrifide.]
     Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid
     perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
     [1913 Webster] Quadrifoil