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Meaning of BIFORINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bif"o*rine\, n. [L. biforis, biforus, having two
doors; bis twice + foris door.] (Bot.)
An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of
the order {Arace[ae]}. It has an opening at each end through
which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
 
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