Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having two leaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having two leaves; two-leaved.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Having exactly two leaves or leaflets.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having two leaves

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  • The bifoliate species have mostly smaller flowers, some with waxy petals and sepals and less frilly lips.

    Article Source Susanna Vivian 2009

  • These are the unifoliate, which have one leaf, and the bifoliate, which have two.

    Article Source Susanna Vivian 2009

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