Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as bicuspid.

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  • adjective Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.

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  • adjective having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ cuspidate

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Examples

  • It differs from _G. nutans_ in being an annual and in having filiform leaves, bicuspidate third glume which is scabrid all over the back and a fourth glume distinctly tricuspidate at the apex.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The third and the fourth glumes are chartaceous, narrowly lanceolate, 3-nerved, bicuspidate and awned below the tip; awns are capillary, straight; the callus is bearded and articulate at the base.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • First glume of the sessile spikelet translucent, bicuspidate at the tip and with smooth margins.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

  • The _first glume_ is narrow, linear, membranous, grooved, finely bicuspidate at the apex, with incurved margins and two nerves ending in tubercles below.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

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