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Definition of "ancipital" []

  • Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves. (adjective)

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Use "ancipital" in a sentence
  • "This is the common form of the ancipital ftcm, but it may have more angles than two; for Linneus gives not only digonus"
  • "There is alfo an ancipital leaf, having two prominent longitudinal angles, with a convex difk •, as in Sifyrhichium."
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