👉 Trichotomously is a scientific term in botany that refers to a plant species where only one of two genetically distinct traits, called dichroism (coloration), is dominant. This means that if you look at an individual plant and see either one of its characteristics, such as color or shape, it will be more likely to show the trait that is dominant than another characteristic. For example, a species of flowering plant might have two distinct traits: the color of its flowers (d
