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Definition of Bifarious

1. a. Twofold; arranged in two rows.

Definition of Bifarious

1. Adjective. twofold, double ¹

2. Adjective. ambiguous ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bifarious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Bifarious

1. 1. Twofold; arranged in two rows. 2. Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows. Origin: L. Bifarius; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr. Twofold; twice + to say. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bifarious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Leaves bifarious, on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, serrate, ... A shrub or small tree, with a short trunk, bifarious spreading branches, ..."

2. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"Scattered, somewhat erect, sub-divided ; leaves bifarious, ovate, ... Creeping, ramous, compressed ; branchlets scattered ; leaves bifarious, ovate, acute, ..."

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