A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

binatus,-a,-um (adj.A), 2-natus: binate, doubled; paired, in pairs, in twos, two each, with a pair, as a leaf divided into two leaflets; ; “1. Where a leaf is composed of two leaflets at the end of a common petiole; 2. A simple leaf nearly divided into two” (Jackson) [> L. bini, binae, bina (pl. adj. A, two each]; see -natus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. geminatus; see paired [> L. binare, to double, multiply by two, on analogy with ML ternare, to triple, multiply by three];

- aculeis binatis, with prickles in pairs.

- setae ad verticem caulis binatae, the setae paired at the top of the stem.

- folia petiolata, binata, alterna (Swartz), the leaves petiolate, paired, alternate.

- foliis secus rhachim binatis, with the leaves paired along the rhachis.

binatus,-a,-um (adj.A): = bifoliolate: “having two leaflets only to a leaf” (Lindley).