Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arranged or occurring in pairs; twin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, twofold; twin; growing double, as the fruits of umbelliferous plants, the anthers of bedstraw, or the tubers of some orchids.
- In zoology, twain; paired: applied to two spots, spines, tubercles, etc., when they form a pair touching each other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, zoology
Twin ,twinned ; growing or occurring inpairs .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek didumos, twin; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek δίδυμος ("twin").
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whichbe commented on the word didymous
Twin; twinned; growing in pairs. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word didymous
JM is pleased to have a couple of didymous appendages.
February 4, 2011