ambigenous

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ambigenous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ambigenous \Am*big"e*nous\, a. [L. ambo both + genus kind.]
     Of two kinds. (Bot.) Partaking of two natures, as the
     perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface
     is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
     [1913 Webster]