Bif"o*rine (?), n. [L. biforis, biforus, having two doors; bis twice + foris door.] Bot.

An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

 

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