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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEMIDOUBLE

SEMIDOUBLE Sem "i *dou `ble, n. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.

 

SEMIDOUBLE

SEMIDOUBLE Sem `i *dou "ble, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

semidouble

sem i dou ble |ˌsemēˈdəbəl, ˌsemˌī -ˈsɛmidəbəl | ▶adjective (of a flower ) intermediate between single and double in having only the outer stamens converted to petals.