bifid

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BIF'ID BIF'IDATE, adjective [Latin bifidus, bifidatus, of bis, twice, and findo, fidi, to split or cleave. See Divide and Wide.] In botany, two-cleft; divided; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.
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