bidentate

[ bahy-den-teyt ]

adjectiveBiology.

having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes.

Origin of bidentate

1750–60; <Latin bident- (stem of bidēns, equivalent to bi-bi-¹ + dēns tooth) + -ate¹

Words Nearby bidentate

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How to use bidentate in a sentence

Leaves succubous, subconcave or flat, the apex rounded, rarely retuse or bidentate; underleaves none (in our species).
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
Leaves closely imbricated, 2-ranked on fascicled ascending julaceous stems, emarginate-bidentate; underleaves none.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
Leaves succubous, bidentate; underleaves 2-cleft, with linear divisions.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for bidentate

bidentate

/ (baɪˈdɛnˌteɪt) /

adjective

having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
chem (of a ligand) having two atoms from which electrons can be donated to the central coordinated atom

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