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 orleaflets .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having two leaves
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Examples
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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
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These are the unifoliate, which have one leaf, and the bifoliate, which have two.
Article Source Susanna Vivian 2009
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