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biforines

biforines is the plural of biforine.

Meaning of biforine

Noun

biforine (plural biforines)

  1. An oval sac or cell, found in the idioblasts of the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are emitted.
    • The true biforines when separated from the other tissues in water, rapidly discharge the crystals from one or both ends of the cells, and often with such force as to drive the cells backwards like a rocket[…]1871, The American Naturalist: Volume 5, page 336

Questions about biforines

What is biforines the plural of?
Biforines is the plural of biforine.

Words near biforines in the dictionary

  1. bifonazole
  2. bifora
  3. biforas
  4. biforate
  5. biforine
  6. biforines
  7. biforked
  8. biform
  9. biformed
  10. biformities
  11. biformity

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