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euth-, beuthos Greek βευδος, beudos, a woman’s dress.<br />

bex-, bexi Greek βηξ, bex, cough.<br />

bhutanicus from Bhutan<br />

bi- Latin bis, two, twice, double.<br />

bi-, bis referring to the number two, twice, used in compound words, from Old Saxon twi-, Old High German<br />

zwi-, Old Norse tvi-, tve-, Latin bi- from Old Latin dui-, Greek di-<br />

-bi(...) referring to life, from Greek, bios, mode of life<br />

biacuminatus having two divergent points<br />

biaio Greek βιαιος, biaios, forcible, violent.<br />

bialatus <strong>with</strong> two wings<br />

biangulate having two corners or angles<br />

biarco- Greek βιαρκες, biarkes, supplying, life-giving.<br />

biaristatus <strong>with</strong> pairs of bristles<br />

biarticulatus two jointed<br />

biast-, biastes, -biastes Greek βιαστης, biastes, forceful, mighty, potent; one who uses force<br />

biauritus, biauriculate two eared<br />

bib-, bibe, -bibe, bibul Latin bibere, to drink, drinking.<br />

Bibere humanum est, ergo bibamus. To drink is human, let us therefore drink.<br />

bibi Latin bini, a pair.<br />

bibio, -bibio, bibion Late Latin an insect.<br />

bibli-, biblio, biblium, -biblium Greek βιβλιον, biblion, a book, paper.<br />

biblio- Greek βιβλος, biblos, βυβλος, byblos, Egyptian papyrus, paper, book.<br />

biblo Greek paper<br />

bibo scurvy-grass; water plantain.<br />

bibracteatus <strong>with</strong> two bracts (modified leaf bractea, a thin plate)<br />

bibrosco Greek βιβρωσκω, bibrosko, eat, be eaten, be bitten, worm-eaten.<br />

bibul- Latin bibulus, fond of drinking, drinking.<br />

bicalcaratus <strong>with</strong> two spurs<br />

bicallosus <strong>with</strong> two callosities (hardened skin)<br />

bicalyculatus having a double calyx<br />

bicamine of pine, from Dioscorides<br />

bicapsular <strong>with</strong> two capsules<br />

bicarinatus two-keeled, double keeled or finned<br />

bicarpellary of two carpels or pistils<br />

bicephalus two headed, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

bicerus <strong>with</strong> two horns<br />

bicipital <strong>with</strong> two supports<br />

bicknellii in honor of Eugene Pintar Bicknell (1859-1925), New York business man, amateur naturalist and<br />

ornithologist, see also Hylocichla minima bicknelli, Bicknell’s Thrush.<br />

bico- Greek βικος, bikos, jar, cask, drinking bowl, a measure.<br />

bicolor, bicolorus bi'color (BI-kol-or) two colored, bicolored<br />

bicompositus of two component parts<br />

biconjugatus twice joined (when each of two secondary petioles bears a pair of leaflets)<br />

biconvexus double convex, said of of lenses<br />

bicornis, bicornutus two-horned, <strong>with</strong> two horns<br />

bicrenatus twice notched or toothed<br />

bicristatus bicrista'tus (bi-kris-TAY-tus) <strong>with</strong> two combs or crests<br />

bicruris <strong>with</strong> two legs or limbs<br />

bictonienisi from Bicton, near Sidmouth, England.<br />

bicuspidatus <strong>with</strong> two points<br />

bicuspis <strong>with</strong> two sharp points<br />

Bidens Bi'dens (BI-dens, BYE-denz) From New Latin, from Latin, bis, bi- bi-, two and dent-, dens tooth, two<br />

teeth, for the two barb-toothed pappi of the original species. (Compositae)<br />

bidens, bidentatus having two teeth, or <strong>with</strong> cusps (a canine tooth <strong>with</strong> two points)<br />

biduus lasting two days

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