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biferous, a.|ˈbɪfərəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous. Cf. F. bifère.]
a. Bot. Bearing fruit or flowers twice in a year.
b. Cryst. (see quot.)
1656in Blount Glossogr. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 70 Some are biferous and triferous which bear twice or thrice in the year. 1816R. Jameson Char. Min. (1817) 220 Biferous (bifère), when every angle and edge suffers two decrements. Example, Biferous grey copper-ore. |