ancipitous

Variant of ancipital

ancipital definition

an·cipi·tal (an sip′it əl)

adjective

Bot. two-edged, as the flat stems of certain grasses
also ancipitous an·cip′i·tous (-it əs)

Etymology: < L anceps (gen. ancipitis), two-headed, two-sided < an- for ambi-, on both sides (see ambi-) + caput, head

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