triplication

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The species belongs to the order of Caryophylalles, is diploid with 2n = 18 chromosomes, has an estimated genome size of 714–758 megabases and shares an ancient genome triplication with other eudicot plants.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2014

Lotus seems be the first plant to have split off from the rest of the eudicots, even prior to the early genome triplication I alluded to above.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2013

Reorganization of the executive departments to cut out duplication and triplication.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other instances of triplication in Gothic design might be given, particularly in the choice of floral forms in which nature has set the pattern.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall

That diversity in its turn cannot be produced without a great multiplication of characters, a duplication or triplication of plot, and a complete disregard of pre-established 'common form.'

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George