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biˈgeminate, a.|-ɪneɪt| [f. as prec. + geminate, ad. L. geminātus doubled, f. geminus twin.] = prec. (Chiefly in Bot.) Also biˈgeminated ppl. a. (See quot.)
1817R. Jameson Char. Min. 205 Bi-geminated calcareous spar is a combination of two rhomboids and two dodecahedrons. 1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 361 [Decompound leaves are] bigeminate, when each of two secondary petioles bears a pair of leaflets. |