Bĭ-fā'ri-ous, a.

a. [Lat. bifarius; bis, twice, and fari, to speak or say. Cf. Gr. διφάσιος, twofold, δίς, twice, and φάναι, to say, φάσις, a saying.]

1. Twofold; in two rows.
2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch.