sexfid

English

Alternative forms

sexifid

Etymology

From Latin sexifidus, from sex (“six”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Adjective

sexfid (not comparable)

(botany) cleft into six
a sexfid calyx or nectary

Coordinate terms

bifid, trifid, quadrifid, quinquefid, octofid, novemfid, decemfid, duodecimfid, centifidous, multifid/multifidous

References

“sexfid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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