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adj
Having four vascular strands in a fibrovascular cylinder or stele.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
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noun
Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
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noun
An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.
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History
Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).
Across languages
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