Definition for AN-CIP'I-TAL

AN-CIP'I-TAL, a. [L. anceps.]

Doubtful, or double; double-faced or double-formed; applied to the stem of a plant, it signifies a two-edged stem, compressed and forming two opposite angles. – Barton's Elem. of Botany. Lee.

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