binate
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- binately adverb
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 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
Spikes rarely solitary; spikelets binate, 2-flowered and awned 20.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Spikelets are solitary, binate or fasciculate, 2-flowered, jointed on the pedicel and awned.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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