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, from 3 to 8 cm. long, the epiderm very thick, hypoderm weak; resin-ducts external.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate, ternate, or both, from 10 to 15 cm. long, stout and rigid; resin-ducts external, or external and medial.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate, from 4 to 8 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, or with an occasional internal duct; hypoderm biform.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Leaves binate, from 10 to 20 cm. long, stout and rigid; resin-ducts medial, hypoderm multiform, the inner cells gradually larger, remarkably large in the angles of the leaf.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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