biforate 



Biochemistry 



bifo'rate, hifora'tus {biforis, having 

 two doors), with two perforations ; 

 Bif'orine, an ohlong cell, opening 

 at each end, containing raphides ; 

 bifo'rous = biforate. 



biform'is (Lat.), two formed ; in two 

 shapes. 



bi'frons (Lat.), (1) having two faces 

 or aspects ; (2) growing on both 

 surfaces of a leaf ; amphigenous. 



bifurc'ate, hifiirca'lus {bi/icrcus, two- 

 pronged or forked), twice forked ; 

 Bifurca'tion, division into two 

 branches. 



bigem'inate, higeviiiuitus [ycminus, a 

 twin) = biconju(;atf, ; bigem'inus, 

 in two pairs, as in the jtlacentae of 

 many plants. 



Bi'gener (Lat., a hybiid), mule plants 

 obtained l)y crossing species of 

 ditferent genera, usually spoken of 

 as a bigener'ic Cross. 



bigland'ular {hi, two ; yhindula, a 

 gland), with two glands : biglu'mis 

 {yluvm, a husk), consisting of two 

 glumes, the components of the 

 perianth of g)-asses. 



bignonia'ceous, resembling or allied 

 to the genus Biynunia. 



bihila'tus \ [hi, + Hilum), having two 

 scars, as in certaini})ollen ; bi'jugate, 

 bij%i,ya'tns, bi'jugous {Jnyuni, a yoke), 

 (1) ajtplied to a })innate leaf, with 

 two pairs of l^allets ; (2) [bi'jugate], 

 type of ]»hy Uotaxis in which the })ara- 

 stichy latios are divisible by 2 ; bila'- 

 biate, hilahia'tus {labium, li]>), di- 

 vided into two lips, as are many gamo- 

 pctalous corollas, etc. ; bilam'ellar, 

 bilam'ellate, hilamelki'tus {lamella, 

 a thin plate), consisting of two 

 j)lates, as some placentae ; bilat'eral, 

 hilaterd'lis {latus, side), arranged on 

 o[)posite sides, as the leaves of the 

 yew ; Bilat'eralism {latns, latcns, 

 a side), having similar or ]>ilateral 

 symmetry ; taken by L. }L liailey 

 as the tyjte of animal evolution ; 

 Bilateral'ity, means the same. 



Bil'berry Moor Associations, Vaccinieta 

 Myrtilli, especially abundant in the 

 Pennines. 



bilo'bate, hiluha'tus, bilo'bed {Ko^hs, 



the ear-fla))), divided intt. two 

 lobes, as mc<st anthers, or the 

 leaves of Bauhinia ; biloceli'ate 

 {locellus, a small coiijiartment), 

 made up of two locelli ; biloc'ular, 

 bilociclar'is {loculus, a comjjart- 

 ment), two-celled • Bilomen'tum 

 (-|- Lomentum), a double lomentum 

 as in some species of Raphanus 

 (Beck) ; bimac'ulate {macula, a 

 spot), with two spots. 



bimes'tris (Lat.), of two months' 

 duration. 



bi'mus ( Lat. ), lasting for two years. 



bi'nary, bina'rixis, {bini, by twos), con- 

 sisting of two members ; bi'nate, 

 bina'tus (Lat.), (1) where a leaf is 

 composed of two leaflets at the 

 end of a connnon petiole ; (2) a 

 simple leaf nearly divided into 

 two; bina'tim (Lat.), in pairs; 

 bina'to-pinna'tus t = iii pinnate. 



biner'vate {hi, two; nervus, a nerve), 

 with two nerves, especially if pro- 

 minent ; binervula'tus I (Lat.), 

 having two vascular strands. 



bi'ni (Lat.), two together, twin; as 

 biniflor'us, bearing iiowers on pairs. 



bino'dal, bino'dis {hi, two; nodus, a 

 knot), consisting of two nodes. 



bino'mial {hi, two; nomen, a name), in 

 botanic nomenclature, the use of a 

 generic and specific name to con- 

 note a given organism ; used also 

 for Newtonian Curve. 



bi'nous, bi'nas (Lat.), in pairs; cf. 



BINI. 



binu'clear, binu'cleate {hi, two; 

 nudeiLS, a kernel), having two 

 nuclei ; binu'cleolate, biniccleola'tus 

 (Lat.)-, with two nucleoli. 



Bi'oblast (/3»os, life ; ^Kaarhs, a shoot), 

 term proposed ))y Schlater for the 

 unit of life, comprising autoblasts, 

 or free-existing bioblasts, and cyto- 

 blasts or colonies of such bioblasts 

 as have lost their independent 

 existence ; cf. Biophok. 



bioc'ellate {hi, two ; ocellus, a little 

 eye), marked with two eye-s}»ots. 



Biochem'ist {^ios, life), an expert 

 in the chemistry of living organ- 

 isms ; Biochem'istry, the branch of 



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