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
Example Sentences
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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 Massee, George
The pileus is thin, unequal, tough, fleshy, eccentric, dimidiate; cinnamon, then pale; becoming scaly; flaccid; margin often lobed.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
LA TOUCHE, J.D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
The gills are free, white at first, then from flesh-color to a reddish hue from the rosy-colored spores; some of the gills are dimidiate, somewhat crowded, broader in the middle.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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