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Webster 1913 Edition


Bifarious

Bi-fa′ri-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
bifarius
;
bis
twice +
fari
to speak. Cf. Gr. [GREEK] twofold; [GREEK] twice + [GREEK] to say.]
1.
Twofold; arranged in two rows.
2.
(Bot.)
Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bifarious

BIFA'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. bifarius; bis and fero, or Teutonic, faran, to go.]
Two-fold. In botany, pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch.

Definition 2024


bifarious

bifarious

English

Adjective

bifarious (not comparable)

  1. twofold, double
  2. ambiguous
  3. (botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)