A bifid petal. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
When divided, they take the name of Furca, forks or forked prickles; and are called bifid, trifid, &c. from the num - ber of divisions. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
Biparted: profoundly divided into two parts: see bifid. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Obtusilingues: short-tongued bees with the tip obtuse or bifid: see acutilingues. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The first glume is herbaceous, many-nerved, ovate-acute, minutely bifid at the apex. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The second glume is thinner, dorsally gibbous, keeled, 5 - to 9-nerved, beaked and minutely bifid. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Its termination is bifid, and it is inserted on either side to the lateral surface of the second phalanx. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The first glume is chartaceous, linear oblong, many-nerved, shortly bifid at the apex, longer than the other glumes. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The bulbus urethrae being also a median structure, is occasionally found notched in the centre, and presenting a bifid appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Hiss of bifid tongues, and the Pit in full uproar!. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
Called bifid or trifd from the number of divifions. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
The form of a flatted fphere, longitudinally bifid. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
Stylus filiformis, apice bifid us, flami - num longitudine. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana.] Reference
It may be bifid, and is sometimes deflected to one or other side. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 3a. 4. The Sacral and Coccygeal Vertebræ] Reference
Thefe ate named bifid, trifid, &c. accord - ing to the number of jags. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
A flcader tope -, a fmall coid; any fleoder and flexible bifid. fVi kint. From Wordnik.com. [A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ...] Reference
The uvula, for example, may be bifid, or the cleft may extend throughout the soft palate. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The inner side is thickly covered with delicate bifid processes, hereafter to be described. From Wordnik.com. [Insectivorous Plants] Reference
Glume 2, nearly equal, sometimes wanting; lower paleae entire with a short awn; -- upper one bifid. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
To this it may be added that the middle segment of the filament is in some species of Amomum bifid. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Linnean Society] Reference
There is also 'bifid' meaning 'in two parts.'. From Wordnik.com. [Banquets of the Black Widowers]
I have a bifid palatine uvula. From Wordnik.com. [Lean Left » Blog Archive » Meme Time] Reference
The uterus of the carabi is also bifid. From Wordnik.com. [On the Generation of Animals] Reference
Styles 3, bifid. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Stigmas 2, bifid. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Stigma coarse, bifid. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The apex is generally bifid. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth] Reference
There is mentioned a bifid funis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
There is mentioned 2.299 a bifid funis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
It is thick and bifid above, thin below. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5b. 7. The Vomer] Reference
Occurring singly; not one of a pair. bifid. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Petioles with a bifid swelling at their bases. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
2.5 mm in width, pendulous, transversely rugose-echinate with styles free, minute, bifid. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
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