Biforine

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

  Biforine \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 {Arace[ae]}. It has an opening at each end through
     which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
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