biplicate
English
editEtymology
editBased on Latin bis (“twice”) + plicātus (“folded”). Compare bifurcate.
Adjective
editbiplicate (not comparable)
- Twice folded together.
- 1849, Asa Gray, The Genera of the Plants of the United States:
- COTYLEDONS very broad, foliaceous, cordate, biplicate and infolded
References
edit- “biplicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.