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Webster 1913 Edition


Biforine

Bif′o-rine

,
Noun.
[L.
biforis
,
biforus
, having two doors;
bis
twice +
foris
door.]
(Bot.)
An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order
Araceæ
. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.