Dictionary entry

Dichotomous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Di‐chot″o‐mous (?), a. [L. dichotomos, Gr. �; � in two, asunder + διατέμνειν to cut.] Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. — Di‐chot″o‐mous‐ly, adv.