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A DICTIONARY 



Bipinnatisect 



the same nature springing 

 from the same point. In 

 speaking of pinnate leaves the 

 term conjugate is generally 

 used. 



BINE, a twining or climbing 

 stem. Rare except in composi- 

 tion, as wood-bine. 



BINERV'ATE, having two nerves 

 or veins, or two which are es- 

 pecially prominent. 



BINO'DAl, containing two nodes 

 only. 



BINO'MIAL, of two names, as the 

 generic and specific names 

 which compose a " botanical 

 name." 



BINOtfS, see Binate. 



BINU'CLEAr, see Binucleate. 



BlNU'CLEATE, have two nuclei 

 or central points; binuclear. 



BINtJ'CLEOLATE, with two nu- 

 cleoli. 



Bldg'ELLATE, with two eye-like 

 spots. 



BlOGEN'ESfS, (1) the origin of 

 life; (2) the production of liv- 

 ing beings from other living 

 beings in any manner— the 

 converse of spontaneous gen- 

 eration (abiogenesis). 



Bldd'ENGtJS, growing on living 

 plants, either parasitic or not. 



Bl6(j ENlr, the genesis or evolu- 

 tion of living forms, or the sci- 

 ence which treats of it, includ- 

 ing Ontogeny and Phyllogeny. 



BI6L OGt, zoology and botany. 

 BIOLlfT'IC, injurious or destruc- 

 tive to life. 



Bl'6N, an individual morphologi- 

 cally independent. 



BlflPH'AGOtfS, feeding on living 

 organisms. Applied chiefly 

 to insectivorous plants. 



Bl'OPlAgM, any living fluid; 

 the same as protoplasm. 



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BIpAL'EOLATE, with two lodi- 

 cules; bilodiculate. 



BIPAl'MATE, said of leaves 

 which are palmate upon sec- 

 ondary palmate petioles. 



BiP'AROUS, bearing two objects, 

 as a leaf with two leaflets. 



BIPAR'TED, see Bipartite. 



BIPAR'TIblE, divisible into two 

 parts. 



BiPAR'TfLE, see Bipartible. 



BIPARTITE, two-parted; divid- 

 ed into two parts to the base or 

 nearly so. 



BIPARTl'TION, the act of di- 

 viding into two equal parts. 

 Compare Bisection. 



BlPEC'TlNATE, toothed like a 

 comb on two sides. 



BIPEL'TATE, having two shield- 

 shaped parts. 



BlPEREN'NlAl, said of a part 

 which lives two years, but 

 reproduces itself indefinitely, 

 as the tubers of the potato. 

 (Rare.) 



BIPETALOtfS, having two pet- 

 als. 



BlPlN'NATE, said of a pinnate 

 leaf with secondary petioles, 

 each bearing more than one 

 leaflet, as the honey-locust; 

 doubly pinnate; twice pin- 

 nate. 



BIPlN'NATED, see Bipinnate. 



BlPlNNAT'IFlD, having the di- 

 visions of a pinnatifid leaf 

 pinnatifid; twice pinnately 

 cleft. 



BiPlNNATlPAR'TITE, having 

 the divisiousof a piunatipartite 

 leaf pinnatipartite; twice pin- 

 nately parted. It differs from 

 Bipinnatifid in having the di- 

 visions extend to near the mid- 

 rib. 



BlPlNNAT'ISECT, having the di- 

 visions of a pinnatisect leaf 



