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three-sided

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Three´-sid`ed
a.1.Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
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Adj.1.three-sided - having three sidesthree-sided - having three sides; "a trilateral figure"
triangular, trilateral
many-sided, multilateral - having many parts or sides
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three-sided [ˈθriːˈsaɪdɪd] ADJ → trilátero
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When one cell comes into contact with three other cells, which, from the spheres being nearly of the same size, is very frequently and necessarily the case, the three flat surfaces are united into a pyramid; and this pyramid, as Huber has remarked, is manifestly a gross imitation of the three-sided pyramidal basis of the cell of the hive-bee.
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But the fruits were very delightful; one, in particular, that seemed to be in season all the time I was there--a floury thing in a three-sided husk --was especially good, and I made it my staple.
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