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Webster 1913 Edition


Ancipitous

{

An-cip′i-tal

,

An-cip′i-tous

, }
Adj.
[L.
anceps
,
ancipitis
, two-headed, double;
an-
for
amb-
on both sides +
caput
head.]
(Bot.)
Two-edged instead of round; – said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Definition 2024


ancipitous

ancipitous

English

Adjective

ancipitous (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of ancipital