sexfid
English
Alternative forms
- sexifid
Etymology
sex- (“six”) + root of Latin findere (“to split”).
Adjective
sexfid (not comparable)
- (botany) cleft into six
- a sexfid calyx or nectary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sexfid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)