i adjective Botany.
in two vertical rows.
Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin bifārius twofold, double, derivative (see -ious) of Latin bifāriam (adv.) in two parts or places, equivalent to bi- bi-1 + -fāriam (perhaps derivative of *fās utterance, thus orig. “having two expressions”; see infant); cf. multifarious
1650–60; < Late Latin bifārius twofold, double, derivative (see -ious) of Latin bifāriam (adv.) in two parts or places, equivalent to bi- bi-1 + -fāriam (perhaps derivative of *fās utterance, thus orig. “having two expressions”; see infant); cf. multifarious
Related forms
bi·far·i·ous·ly, adverb
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| —adj | |
| botany having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis | |
| [C17: from Latin bifārius double] | |
| bi'fariously | |
| —adv | |
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