biconvex

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Tube of corolla cylindrical, enlarging above; upper lip arched, compressed, straight in front; the lower erect-spreading, biconvex, 3-lobed at the apex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

In 671 Scolopendra, where there are four, the corneal lens is a biconvex thickening of the cuticle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

The crystalline lens is a transparent, biconvex body sustained by the ciliary processes.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

The red blood-corpuscles are invariably oval disks, with a central nucleus which causes a slight swelling; hence they are oval and biconvex.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Where two toes overlap, it will be observed that there is a deeper shadow, like the section of a biconvex lens.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various