3. (Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to
the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used
chiefly in composition; as, three- parted, five-parted, etc. Gray.
Part"er (?), n. One who, or which, parts or separates. Sir P. Sidney.
Par*terre" (?), n. [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre earth, ground, L.
terra. See Terrace.] 1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified
arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with
intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.