A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

bicruris,-e (adj.B): with two legs [i.e. segments or divisions].

NOTE: as an adjective the abl. sg. is bicruri, the neuter nom. & acc. pl. bicruria; see crus, gen. sg. cruris (s.n.III);

- siliqua teretiuscula, stylo distincto, stigmate bicruri (B&H), the silique somewhat cylindric, with the style distinct, with the stigma with two [leglike] divisions.

- [Heynea] tubus staminéus profunde 8-10-fidus, laciniis linearibus apice 2-cruribus inter crura antheriferis (B&H), the stamen-tube deeply 8-10-split, with the laciniae linear, at the apex 2-legged [i.e. with two divisions], anther-bearing between the legs [i.e. divisions].

- laciniis linearibus integris v. apice 2-dentatis v. 2-cruribus (B&H), with the laciniae linear, entire or at the apex 2-dentate or 2-legged [i.e. with two divisions].

- cotyledones nunc tandem lineares bis transverse plicatae et tunc biplicatae aut bicrures dictae (DeCandolle), the cotyledons are called finally sometimes twice transversely plicate and then biplicate or two-legged [i.e. with two divisions].

- cotyledones incumbentes, lineares, bicrures seu biplicatae nempe bis transverse plicatae (DeCandolle), the cotyledons incumbent, linear, two-legged or two-plicate, that is, twice transversely plicate.

- stigmatibus bipartitis, cruribus filiformibus (F. Mueller), with the stigmas parted in two, with the legs [i.e. divisions] filiform.

bipes, gen.sg. bipedis (adj.B): in L. comp., two-footed, two-stalked, two-pedicelled, two-peduncled, two-setaed = bicruris,-e (adj.B), q.v.

Hadena bicruris (a moth).