bispiraled

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bi- +‎ spiraled.

Adjective[edit]

bispiraled (not comparable)

  1. Possessing two spirals or helices.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
      In all of the Jubulaceae there is normally a single spiral (this is also normally the case in Lejeuneaceae, but in some forms the spiral may be lost, while a few forms may have occasional bispiraled elaters).

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