ANCIPITAL


Meaning of ANCIPITAL in English

(ˈ)an|sipəd. ə l adjective

or an·cip·i·tous -d.əs

Etymology: Latin ancipit-, anceps two-headed, two-edged (from — assumed — ambicipit-, ambiceps, from ambi- + -ceps, from caput head) + English -al or -ous — more at head

: double-edged — used of flattened stems (as of certain grasses)

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