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dimidiate

adjective

  1. divided in halves
  2. rare.
    biology having one of two sides or parts less developed than the other

    dimidiate antlers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr heraldry to halve (two bearings) so that they can be represented on the same shield
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˌ徱ˈپDz, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dimidiate1

C17: from Latin ī徱 to halve, from ī徱ܲ half, from dis- apart + medius middle
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Dimidiate, halved; as where a leaf or leaflet has only one side developed.

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P. 1-2 cm. dimidiate, sessile and fixed by a downy nodule, white, marginate behind, variegated with minute rufescent scales; g. radiating from base, at length brownish rusty; sp. ——. haustellaris, Fr.

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P. excentric, generally dimidiate, conchate, elliptical or rounded, mouse-grey then pale, viscid, squamulose; g. deeply decur. base anastomosing, white then tinged yellow; sp. 9-12 � 4-6.

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P. convex, dimidiate, sooty, with black squamules; g. decur. distinct, white; s. with black squamules up to sooty ring. dryinus, Pers.

From

Dimidiate, sessile or with a sublateral stem. scoticus, B. and Br.

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