didymous

American

[did-uh-muhs] / ˈdɪd ə məs /

adjective

Botany.

occurring in pairs; paired; twin.

didymous British

/ ˈdɪdɪməs /

adjective

biology in pairs or in two parts

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Etymology

Origin of didymous

1785–95; < Greek dídymos twin, double, (akin to dís twice, double); -ous

Example Sentences

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Pod 2-seeded, didymous; the valves rugose, separating at maturity from the little partition as 2 closed 1-seeded nutlets.

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Fruit didymous, the 2 carpels each splitting into two 1-seeded nutlets; style elongated; flowers scattered, large.

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Filament slender; anther 2-celled, didymous; the cells dehiscent transversely; pollen-grains large, spherical, muricate.

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Pod top-shaped, globular, or didymous, thin, its summit or upper half free from and projecting beyond the tube of the calyx, loculicidal across the top.

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Seeds two, roundish, joined into a didymous shape, downy.

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