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bifarious

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bi⋅far⋅i⋅ous

  [bahy-fair-ee-uhs]
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–adjective Botany.
in two vertical rows.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL bifārius twofold, double, deriv. (see -ious ) of L bifāriam (adv.) in two parts or places, equiv. to bi- bi- 1 + -fāriam (perh. deriv. of *fās utterance, thus orig. “having two expressions”; see infant ); cf. multifarious

Related forms:
bi⋅far⋅i⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
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