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

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

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.