bistratose

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ stratose.

Adjective

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bistratose (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, botany) Composed of two cell layers.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
      The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings [] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts []

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