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bifarious

[ bahy-fair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. in two vertical rows.


bifarious

/ baɪˈfɛərɪəs /

adjective

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

  • biˈfariously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • bi·fari·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bifarious1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bifarious1

C17: from Latin bifārius double
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Example Sentences

Bifarious, two-ranked; arranged in two rows.

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.

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

Bifarious: pointing in opposite directions.

Associated words: dual, duality, double, dualism, duplex, duplicate, duplication, bifarious, binary, dimidiate, dimidiation, duet, dialogue, duarchy, bisect, bisection, halve. two bodies.

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