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
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Leaves in fascicles of 3, 4 or 5, from 15 to 30 cm. long, erect; resin-ducts mostly septal, sometimes internal, hypoderm biform or multiform.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate, from 5 to 9 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, or with an occasional internal duct, hypoderm biform when of82 two rows of cells.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate or ternate, from 3 to 7 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, or with an occasional internal duct, hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate, from 2 to 4 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves ternate, from 12 to 20 cm. long; resin-ducts medial or medial and internal, hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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