Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OC'TO-FID
OC-TO-DEN'TATEOC-TO-GEN-A'RI-AN, or OCTO-GE-NA-RY
OC'TO-FID, a. [L. octo, eight, and findo, to cleave.]
In botany, cleft or separated into eight segments; as a calyx. Martyn.
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