Ancipitous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ancipital \An*cip"i*tal\, Ancipitous \An*cip"i*tous\, a. [L.
     anceps, ancipitis, two-headed, double; an- for amb- on both
     sides + caput head.] (Bot.)
     Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened
     stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
     [1913 Webster]