bifarious

American  

[bahy-fair-ee-uhs] / baɪˈfɛər i əs /

adjective

Botany.

1. in two vertical rows.

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bifarious British  

/ baɪˈfɛərɪəs /

adjective

1. botany having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis

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Other Word Forms

• bifariously adverb

Etymology

Origin of bifarious

First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin bifārius “twofold, double,” derivative of Latin bifāriam (adverb) “in two parts or places,” equivalent to bi- “twice, two” + -fāriam (perhaps derivative of unattested fās “utterance,” thus originally, “having two expressions”); -ious, bi- ¹, infant; multifarious

Example Sentences

Bifarious, two-ranked; arranged in two rows.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems are many, tufted, slender, creeping and rooting, or ascending and suberect, simple or branched, 6 to 20 inches long and leafy and leaves bifarious and divaricate.

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The spikelets are large about 1/4 inch long cuneate and bifarious.

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Bifarious: pointing in opposite directions.

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Adj. double; doubled &c. v.; bicipital†, bicephalous†, bidental†, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular†, bifold†, biform†, bilateral; bifarious†, bifacial†; twofold, two-sided; disomatous†; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate†; second.

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