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Webster 1913 Edition
Multifid
Mul′ti-fid
,Adj.
[L.
multifidus
; multus
much, many + findere
to split: cf. F. multifide
.] (Bot.)
Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses;
as, a
. multifid
leaf or corollaWebster 1828 Edition
Multifid
MUL'TIFID
,Adj.
Having many divisions; many-cleft; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as a multifid leaf or corol.
Definition 2024
multifid
multifid
English
Adjective
multifid (not comparable)
- Cleft into many parts or lobes.
- Pseudodoxia Epidemica, by Sir Thomas Browne, 1646:
- For animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have several divisions in their feet;
- A Student's Text-book of Zoology, by Adam Sedgwick, et al., 1898:
- Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles.
- Phyllanthaceae:
- The style is usually 2-lobed or bifid ... or rarely multifid.
- Pseudodoxia Epidemica, by Sir Thomas Browne, 1646:
Related terms
Derived terms
- multifidus muscle