semidouble

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ double

Adjective

semidouble (not comparable)

  1. (botany, of a flower) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect.

Noun

semidouble (plural semidoubles)

  1. An ecclesiastical office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 semidouble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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