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Quadrivalve

Quad'ri-vālve, a.

adjective

a. [From Lat. quatuor, four, and valva, the leaf, fold, or valve of a door; Fr. quadrivalve. See VALVE.] (Bot.) Having four valves; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. Martyn.

Quad'ri-välve, n.

noun

[See supra.] One of a set of four folds or leaves serving for a door.