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duodecimfid

duodecimfid adjective: divided into twelve parts.

Adjective

duodecimfid (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Divided into twelve parts.
    • Calyx duodecimfid. Petals 6, inserted into the calyx.1812, Jonathan Stokes, A botanical materia medica: Volume 3, page 20
    • Because the present bipartite-Hevajratantra contains approximately 750 verses, a 6000 verse, duodecimfid extended tantra is not unthinkable.1982, Max Nihom, Studies in the Buddhist Tantra

Origin of duodecimfid

From Latin duodecemfidus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Questions about duodecimfid

What does duodecimfid mean?
Duodecimfid means divided into twelve parts.
What part of speech is duodecimfid?
Duodecimfid is an adjective.

Words near duodecimfid in the dictionary

  1. duodecimary
  2. duodecimate
  3. duodecimated
  4. Duodecimber
  5. Duodecimbers
  6. duodecimfid
  7. duodecimic
  8. duodecimo
  9. duodecimos
  10. duodecimvir
  11. duodecimvirate

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