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Definition: BIGEMINATE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb bigeminately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(bigeminately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective bigeminate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Bigeminate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Bigeminate \Bi*gem"i*nate\, adjective. [Prefix bi- geminate.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BIGEMINATE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Twin-forked; used of a decompound leaf having a forked petiole, with several leaflets, at the end of each division. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: BIGEMINATE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb bigeminately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(bigeminately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective bigeminate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "BIGEMINATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Bigeminate \Bi*gem"i*nate\, adjective. [Prefix bi- geminate.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BIGEMINATE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Twin-forked; used of a decompound leaf having a forked petiole, with several leaflets, at the end of each division. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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