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Definition of binate in English: binateadjective ˈbʌɪneɪtˈbaɪneɪt Botany Composed of two equal parts. Example sentencesExamples - Though the Kawau plants all showed solitary terminal female flowers, binate flowers are sometimes met with.
- It has the trivial name from its long binate leaflets, resembling ass's ears.
- The spikelets are binate.
- The binate leaves have a flat or slightly concave under-surface.
- Its short binate leaves, the persistent long prickles of its cone, and its tough branches, combine to distinguish this Tine from its associates.
Synonyms dual, duplex, twin, binary, duplicate, matched, matching, paired, in pairs, complementary, coupled, twofold
Origin Early 19th century: from modern Latin binatus, from Latin bini 'two together' + -ate2. Definition of binate in US English: binateadjectiveˈbaɪneɪtˈbīnāt Botany 1Growing in pairs. Example sentencesExamples - Though the Kawau plants all showed solitary terminal female flowers, binate flowers are sometimes met with.
- The leaves are in pairs, binate, placed base to base, oval, broader than long, ending in an obtuse point, smooth, glaucous beneath, and borne on petioles as long as the scape, which arise from the rhizome.
- The hairs may be simple, binate (forked) or branched in a more complex manner, sometimes with glandular tips.
- The ternate or occasionally binate leaves are from three to four inches long, rigid and sharp.
- When the solitary female spikelets of teosinte became binate in maize, simultaneously the paired spikes of teosinte became solitary in maize.
- 1.1 Composed of two equal parts.
Example sentencesExamples - It has the trivial name from its long binate leaflets, resembling ass's ears.
- Its short binate leaves, the persistent long prickles of its cone, and its tough branches, combine to distinguish this Tine from its associates.
- The spikelets are binate.
- Though the Kawau plants all showed solitary terminal female flowers, binate flowers are sometimes met with.
- The binate leaves have a flat or slightly concave under-surface.
Origin Early 19th century: from modern Latin binatus, from Latin bini ‘two together’ + -ate. |