Containing or consisting of two rings or cycles, especially when describing the structure of an organic molecule or the arrangement of floral parts in plants.
From 'di-' (two) + 'cyclic' (relating to cycles or rings). Used in botany to describe flowers with multiple whorls and in chemistry for molecules with two fused or separate rings.
Dicyclic flowers are arranged in nested circles—when you pull apart a flower petal by petal, you're literally undoing millions of years of symmetrical design!
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