Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Semidouble

Sem′i-douˊble

,
Noun.
(Eccl.)
An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See
Double
,
Noun.
, 8.

Semˊi-dou′ble

,
Adj.
(Bot.)
Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; – said of a flower.

Definition 2024


semidouble

semidouble

English

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.