dimidiate
Britishadjective
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divided in halves
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rare biology having one of two sides or parts less developed than the other
dimidiate antlers
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dimidiate
C17: from Latin dīmidiāre to halve, from dīmidius half, from dis- apart + medius middle
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The shape of the fungus is peculiar, a sort of semi-circular outline that may be called dimidiate.
From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Ellen M. Dallas
P. convex, dimidiate, sooty, with black squamules; g. decur. distinct, white; s. with black squamules up to sooty ring. dryinus, Pers.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The pileus is two to three inches broad, fleshy, then tough, coriaceous; plane, then funnel-shaped, or dimidiate; even; smooth; almost flesh color, varying to reddish-livid, sometimes violet tinted.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
APPLE. -fruit of, in Swiss lake-dwellings. -rendered fastigiate by heat in India. -bud-variation in the. -with dimidiate fruit. -with two kinds of fruit on the same branch. -artificial fecundation of.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
La Touche, J. D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit, i. 392-393.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
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