sexfid

English

Alternative forms

• sexifid

Etymology

From Latin sexifidus, from sex (“six”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Adjective

sexfid (not comparable)

1. (botany) cleft into six

   a sexfid calyx or nectary

Coordinate terms

• bifid, trifid, quadrifid, quinquefid, octofid, novemfid, decemfid, duodecimfid, centifidous, multifid/multifidous

References

• “sexfid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.