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Webster 1913 Edition


Multifid

Mul′ti-fid

,
Adj.
[L.
multifidus
;
multus
much, many +
findere
to split: cf. F.
multifide
.]
(Bot.)
Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses;
as, a
multifid
leaf or corolla
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Multifid

MUL'TIFID

,
Adj.
[L. multifidus, multus, many, and findo, to divide.]
Having many divisions; many-cleft; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as a multifid leaf or corol.

Definition 2024


multifid

multifid

English

Adjective

multifid (not comparable)

  1. Cleft into many parts or lobes.
    • Pseudodoxia Epidemica, by Sir Thomas Browne, 1646:
      For animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have several divisions in their feet;
    • A Student's Text-book of Zoology, by Adam Sedgwick, et al., 1898:
      Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles.
    • Phyllanthaceae:
      The style is usually 2-lobed or bifid ... or rarely multifid.

Related terms

Derived terms

  • multifidus muscle