Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Divided into twos and threes: specifically, in botany, applied to a leaf or stem continually dividing into double or treble ramifications.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Divided into twos or threes.
- adjective (Bot.), rare Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Divided into
twos orthrees . - adjective botany Dividing into
double ortreble ramifications ; said of aleaf orstem .
Etymologies
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di- + trichotomous
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word ditrichotomous
JM is unsure whether to double or triple his ditrichotomous collections.
September 22, 2010