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ditrichotomous

ditrichotomous adjective: divided into twos or threes.

Adjective

ditrichotomous (not comparable)

  1. Divided into twos or threes.
  2. Dividing into double or treble ramifications; said of a leaf or stem.
    • Ditrichotomous, divided in twos or threes1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants

Origin of ditrichotomous

From di- + trichotomous.

Questions about ditrichotomous

What does ditrichotomous mean?
Ditrichotomous means divided into twos or threes.
What part of speech is ditrichotomous?
Ditrichotomous is an adjective.

Words near ditrichotomous in the dictionary

  1. ditransitive verb
  2. ditransitive verbs
  3. ditransitively
  4. ditransitives
  5. ditransitivity
  6. ditrichotomous
  7. ditriflate
  8. ditriflates
  9. ditriflation
  10. ditriglyph
  11. ditriglyphic

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