A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


twinned, twin-born, paired: binatus,-a,-um (adj.A), paired, in pairs, two each, with a pair, as a leaf divided into two leaflets; gemellus,-a,-um (adj.A), geminatus,-a,-um (part.A), ‘geminate, doubled, paired, in pairs;’ geminus,-a,-um (adj.A); jugatus,-a,-um (adj.A; didymus,-a,-um (adj.A) see double, paired; see didymus,-a,-um (adj.A); diplo-. twined (occasionally), somewhat paired, imperfectly or infrequently twinned: subgeminatus,-a,-um (part.A). Aster subgeminatus almost paired; from the often twinned heads” (Fernald 1950).
-twinned, -paired: -geminatus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.: in L. comp. '-paired'; - bigeminatus, with or in two pairs, double-paired, i.e. in 4's; trigeminatus, with or in three pairs.
two-, twinned-, double-: see twice-. two each, paired, in pairs, with a pair, as a leaf divided into two leaflets: binatus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. geminatus; see paired; - aculeis binatis, with prickles in pairs. - dentibus peristomii in crura binata divisis, with the teeth of the peristome divided into paired crura.