| Pronunciation: | di'kâtumus | ||
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| Matching Terms: | dichotomously | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [adj] divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications | ||
| Synonyms: | divided | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Di*chot"o*mous\, a. [L. dichotomos, Gr. ?; ? in
two, asunder + diate`mnein to cut.]
Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a
dichotomous stem. -- {Di*chot"o*mous*ly}, adv.
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| Definition: | Forking into two equal branches resulting from division of the growing point. | ||
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