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geminous

geminous adjective: double; appearing or growing in pairs.

Adjective

geminous (not comparable)

  1. double; appearing or growing in pairs
    • geminous teeth
    • And this the practice of Christians hath acknowledged, who have baptized these geminous births.1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (6th edition, book 3, chapter 15)

Origin of geminous

Latin geminus.

Words that rhyme with geminous

Questions about geminous

What does geminous mean?
Geminous means double; appearing or growing in pairs.
What part of speech is geminous?
Geminous is an adjective.

Words near geminous in the dictionary

  1. geminivirid
  2. geminivirids
  3. geminivirus
  4. geminiviruses
  5. geminology
  6. geminous
  7. geminy
  8. gemish
  9. gemishes
  10. gemista
  11. gemistocyte

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