biplicate

English

Etymology

Based on Latin bis (“twice”) + plicātus (“folded”). Compare bifurcate.

Adjective

biplicate (not comparable)

1. Twice folded together.
   • 1849, Asa Gray, The Genera of the Plants of the United States:

     COTYLEDONS very broad, foliaceous, cordate, biplicate and infolded

References

• “biplicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.