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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Examples
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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
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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
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First glume of the sessile spikelet translucent, bicuspidate at the tip and with smooth margins.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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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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