dimidiated

Variant of dimidiate

adjective

  1. halved
  2. Biol. having only one half developed
  3. Bot. split on one side, as the calyptra of mosses

Origin: < L dimidiatus, pp. of dimidiare, to divide into halves < dimidium, a half < dis-, apart, from + medius, mid

transitive verb dimidiated, dimidiating

Archaic to halve
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