Bidentate
having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes.
Historical Examples
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray
adjective
having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
(chem) (of a ligand) having two atoms from which electrons can be donated to the central coordinated atom
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