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Meaning of "bifarious" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIFARIOUS

From Latin bifārius double.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BIFARIOUS

baɪˈfɛərɪəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIFARIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bifarious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BIFARIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bifarious in the English dictionary

The definition of bifarious in the dictionary is having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIFARIOUS

Aquarius · Arius · Briareus · calcareous · carious · denarius · Galerius · gregarious · hilarious · Marius · multifarious · nefarious · omnifarious · precarious · quadrifarious · Sagittarius · Stradivarius · trifarious · various · vicarious

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIFARIOUS

biface · bifacial · bifacially · bifariously · biff · biffer · BIFFEX · biffin · biffo · biffy · bifid · bifidity · bifidly · bifidus · bifilar · bifilarly · biflagellate · bifocal · bifocaled · bifocals

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIFARIOUS

bi-curious · curious · deleterious · delicious · delirious · furious · glorious · illustrious · industrious · inglorious · injurious · laborious · lugubrious · luxurious · meritorious · mysterious · notorious · serious · spurious · vainglorious · victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of bifarious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bifarious» into 25 languages

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The translations of bifarious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bifarious» in English.
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bifarious
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bifarious
570 millions of speakers
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bifarious
510 millions of speakers
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bifarious
380 millions of speakers
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bifarious
280 millions of speakers
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bifarious
278 millions of speakers
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bifarious
270 millions of speakers
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bifarious
260 millions of speakers
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bifarieux
220 millions of speakers
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Bifarious
190 millions of speakers
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bifarious
180 millions of speakers
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bifarious
130 millions of speakers
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bifarious
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Bifarious
85 millions of speakers
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bifarious
80 millions of speakers
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bifarious
75 millions of speakers
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विविध
75 millions of speakers
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bifarious
70 millions of speakers
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bifarious
65 millions of speakers
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bifarious
50 millions of speakers
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bifarious
40 millions of speakers
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bifarious
30 millions of speakers
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bifarious
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bifarious
14 millions of speakers
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bifarious
10 millions of speakers
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bifarious
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIFARIOUS»

Discover the use of bifarious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bifarious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Epidendrum spathtilatum, or slieathed epidendrum: leaves bifarious, alternate, approximating ; præmorse, with a doubled tip, coriaceous, scarcely a foot long. 88. Epidendrum vaiiegutum, or varied epidendrum : leaves alternate, spreading,  ...
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Introduction
For instance, let us take one of the proposed new genera, Corradoria, which differs from another, Chauvinia, merely in having bifarious instead of multifarious leaves or ramenta. But the feebleness of this character is shown by several species ...
‎1858
3
Nereis Boreali-Americana: or, Contributions to a history of ...
For instance, let us take one of the proposed new genera, Corradoria, which differs from another, Chauvinia, merely in having bifarious instead of multifarious leaves or ramenta. But the feebleness of this character is shown by several species ...
William Henry Harvey, 1858
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Nereis Boreali-Americana: Chlorospermeæ
For instance, let us take one of the proposed new genera, Corradoria, which differs from another, Chauvinia, merely in having bifarious instead of multifarious leaves or ramenta. But the feebleness of this character is shown by several species ...
William Henry Harvey, 1857
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Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge
For instance, let us take one of the proposed new genera, Corradoria, which differs from another, Chauvinia, merely in having bifarious instead of multifarious leaves or ramenta. But the feebleness of this character is shown by several species ...
‎1858
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Flora Indica or descriptions of Indian Plants. - Serampore, ...
Leaves bifarious,; leaflets oval. Flowers axillary, peduncled, the male beyond the female. Calyx six-toothed. Berry hid in the enlarged coloured calyx, six. seeded. Parin Nirouri. Rheed. Mal. v. t. 43. Teling. Dawadaree. This is a most beautiful ...
William Roxburgh, 1832
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Flora Indica, Or, Descriptions of Indian Plants
16. V.-turbinatus. Kon. Mss. Arboreous. Leaves bifarious; leaflets oval. Flowers axillary, peduncled, the male beyond the female. Calyx six-toothed. Berry hid in the enlarged coloured calyx, six- seeded. Parin Nirouri. Rheed. Mai. v. t. 43. Teling.
William Roxburgh, William Carey, 1832
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Flora Capensis
56); bulb sub— globose, compressed; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, falcate, produced after the flowers, lingnlate, 9—12 in. long, 3—4 in. broad at the middle, much spotted on the lower part of the back, glabrous on the surfaces, minutely ...
William T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2014
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An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
Leaves bifarious connate spreading at end, Spikes 4 round cylind. 14634 Stems prostrate, Branches dichotomous and fasciculated, Leave* quadrifarious oblong convex acute ap- pressed. Spikes terminal solitary sessile short cylindrical ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
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Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important ...
578. Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 659.— Forests and mountains of India. Trunk erect. Branches numerous, ascending ; branchlets bifarious. Leaves simple, alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, oval, entire, smooth, 1-2 inches long, and from J to 1 inch broad.
John Lindley, 1838

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIFARIOUS»

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... an indifferentist." 1704 (Thomas Brown) "Such bifarious anythingarians, that always make their interest the standard of their religion." ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 13»
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10 Reasons We're Thankful For The 2013 SRT Viper
... and wizards to face down the bifarious forces of physics, the nanny state and corporate accounting to transform a venerable war weapon into ... «Jalopnik, Nov 12»
REFERENCE
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