The story
- Latin · derived frombiforis
- English todaybiforine
From Latin biforis, biforus (“having two doors”), from bis (“twice”) + foris (“door”).
Words from the same roots
Latinbiforis all →
biforous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
biforine
Today it means: An oval sac or cell, found in the idioblasts of the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are emitted. Full definition →
Latin biforis