-stichous

Botany, Zoology.

a combining form meaning “having rows” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: distichous.

Origin of -stichous

<Late Latin -stichus<Greek -stichos, adj. derivative of stíchosstich¹

Words Nearby -stichous

stich
sticharion
stichic
stichometry
stichomythia
-stichous
stick
stick around
stick at
stick-at-it-ive
stickball

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British Dictionary definitions for -stichous

-stichous

adj combining form

having a certain number of rows: distichous

Origin of -stichous

from Late Latin -stichus, from Greek -stikhos, from stikhos line, row; see stich

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