duodecimfid en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin duodecemfidus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Divided into twelve parts.
Calyx duodecimfid. Petals 6, inserted into the calyx.
1812, Jonathan Stokes, A botanical materia medica: Volume 3, page 20:Because the present bipartite-Hevajratantra contains approximately 750 verses, a 6000 verse, duodecimfid extended tantra is not unthinkable.
1982, Max Nihom, Studies in the Buddhist Tantra:
Coordinates
quadrifid · quinquefid · sexifid · bifid · multifid · octofid · trifid · centifidous · multifidous · sexfid · decemfid · novemfid