binate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of binate
1800–10; < New Latin bīnātus, apparently extracted from Late Latin combīnātus yoked together. See bin-, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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I certainly knew the two numbers I’d played; I knew I’d told him to com- binate only one of them.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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 George Russell Shaw
Leaves binate, from 12 to 16 cm. long, the epiderm thick, hypoderm of two or three rows of cells; resin-ducts medial or with an occasional external duct.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
The male spikelets are solitary, or binate and then one sessile and one pedicelled, 2-flowered, reaching 3/8 inch in length and consist of four glumes each.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Leaves binate, from 2 to 4 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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