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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

dichotomos

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] in two, asunder +

διατέμνειν

to cut.]

Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top;

as, a

dichotomous

stem

–

Di-chot′o-mous-ly

adv.

Adj.

[Gr., doubly, by pairs; to cut.] In botany, regularly dividing by pairs from top to bottom; as a dichotomous stem.