ancipital

English

Etymology

From Latin anceps.

Adjective

ancipital (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and rarely also of leaves.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ancipital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Derived terms

  • subancipital
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