biform

American  

[bahy-fawrm] / ˈbaɪˌfɔrm /

Or biformed

adjective

1. having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.

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biform British  

/ ˈbaɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having or combining the characteristics of two forms, as a centaur

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Other Word Forms

• biformity noun

Etymology

Origin of biform

1810–20; < Latin biformis, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + form ( a ) form + -is adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Leaves ternate or binate, from 10 to 15 cm. long; resin-ducts medial or with an occasional internal duct, hypoderm biform.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Leaves binate, from 2 to 4 cm. long; resin-ducts medial, hypoderm biform.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Leaves in fascicles of 3, from 20 to 45 cm. long, rigid; resin-ducts internal, hypoderm biform, endoderm with thin outer walls.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

It will be remembered that Baal was supposed to exist and was worshiped as a being of biform existence.

From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham)

His bookes and his bagges, many oon, He leith biform hymn on his countyng-bord.

From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna