biconvex

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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

"My helmsman is stationed behind the windows of a pilothouse, which protrudes from the topside of the Nautilus's hull and is fitted with biconvex glass."

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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

Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah