In botany and biology, having 12 clefts, lobes, or divisions; divided into 12 parts.
From Latin 'duodecim' (twelve) + '-fid' (from 'fidus' meaning split or cleft). The '-fid' suffix comes from Latin roots describing divisions or splitting, used in scientific terminology to describe organic shapes.
Botanists use these technical terms to precisely describe the intricate shapes of leaves and flowers—a duodecimfid leaf has 12 distinct lobes radiating from a center point! It's like nature is creating geometric art, and scientists need special words to describe all the different patterns.
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