Having two nuclei, particularly describing cells with two distinct nuclei within a single cell membrane.
From bi- 'two' + nucleate (from nucleus). Used in biology to describe cells that contain two separate nuclei.
Many fungal cells are naturally binucleate—they create a kind of cellular partnership where two nuclei coexist, and this binucleate stage is actually crucial for their sexual reproduction cycles.
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