Biflorate

/baɪˈflɔreɪt/ adjective

Definition

Bearing or producing two flowers; having two blooms or flower heads.

Etymology

From Latin 'bi-' (two) plus 'floratus' (flowering), from 'flos' (flower). Used in botany to describe plants with exactly two flowers on a single stem or structure.

Kelly Says

Some plants are reliably 'biflorate'—they produce exactly two flowers, and this double-flowering pattern can be used by botanists to identify species and understand plant genetics!

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