biform
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of biform
1810–20; < Latin biformis, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + form ( a ) form + -is adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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Leaves ternate, from 15 to 25 cm. long; resin-ducts internal or with an occasional septal duct, hypoderm biform, in thick masses, often projecting far into the green tissue and sometimes touching the endoderm.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Bark-formation late 50. halepensis Bark-formation early 51. pinaster Leaf-hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Leaves ternate, from 8 to 16 cm. long; resin-ducts medial or with one or more internal ducts, hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Leaves in fascicles of 2 to 5, from 15 to 22 cm. long; resin-ducts internal, hypoderm biform, endoderm with thin outer walls.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
It will be remembered that Baal was supposed to exist and was worshiped as a being of biform existence.
From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Martin I. (Martin Ingham) Townsend
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