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Webster 1913 Edition

Dorsiparous

Dor-sip′a-rous

,

Adj.

[

Dorsum

+ L.

parere

to bring forth.]

(Biol.)

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dorsiparous

DORSIFEROUS

, DORSIPAROUS,

Adj.

[L., the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the back of their leaves; an epithet given to ferns or plants of the capillary kind without stalks.