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bistratose

bistratose adjective: composed of two cell layers.

Adjective

bistratose (not comparable)

  1. Composed of two cell layers.
    • The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6

Origin of bistratose

From bi- + stratose.

Words formed from bistratose

Questions about bistratose

What does bistratose mean?
Bistratose means composed of two cell layers.
What part of speech is bistratose?
Bistratose is an adjective.

Words near bistratose in the dictionary

  1. bistratal
  2. bistrategic
  3. bistratene
  4. bistratenes
  5. bistratified
  6. bistratose
  7. bistratosity
  8. bistre
  9. bistred
  10. bistres
  11. Bistreț

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