biplicate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Based on Latin bis (twice) + plicātus (folded). Compare bifurcate.

Adjective[edit]

biplicate (not comparable)

  1. Twice folded together.
    • 1849, Asa Gray, The Genera of the Plants of the United States:
      COTYLEDONS very broad, foliaceous, cordate, biplicate and infolded

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