binate

bi·nate

[bahy-neyt]
adjective Botany.
produced or borne in pairs; double.

Origin:
1800–10; < Neo-Latin bīnātus, apparently extracted from Late Latin combīnātus yoked together. See bin-, -ate1

bi·nate·ly, adverb
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binate (ˈbaɪˌneɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
botany occurring in two parts or in pairs: binate leaves
 
[C19: from New Latin bīnātus, probably from Latin combīnātus united]
 
'binately
 
adv

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Binate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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