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bicostate

bicostate adjective: having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as in a leaf.

Adjective

bicostate (not comparable)

  1. Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as in a leaf.
    • bicostate at the base
    • shortly bicalcarate
  2. having two ribs
  3. having two lines
    • bicalcarate insects

Origin of bicostate

From bi- + costate.

Questions about bicostate

What does bicostate mean?
Bicostate means having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as in a leaf.
What part of speech is bicostate?
Bicostate is an adjective.

Words near bicostate in the dictionary

  1. bicortical
  2. bicortically
  3. bicosmology
  4. bicosoecid
  5. bicosoecids
  6. bicostate
  7. bicotylar
  8. bicovalent
  9. bicovariant
  10. bicovenantal
  11. bicoxofemoral

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