biseriate

American  

[bahy-seer-ee-it, ‑-eyt] / baɪˈsɪər i ɪt, ‑ˌeɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. arranged in two rows; arranged in two cycles or whorls.

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biseriate British  

/ ˌbaɪˈsɪərɪɪt /

adjective

1. (of plant parts, such as petals) arranged in two whorls, cycles, rows, or series

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Other Word Forms

• biseriately adverb

Etymology

Origin of biseriate

First recorded in 1845–50; bi- ¹ ( def. ) + seriate ( def. )

Example Sentences

Biserial, or Biseriate, occupying two rows, one within the other.

From Project Gutenberg

The spikelets are pale, ovoid, acute, biseriate, imbricate, very shortly pedicellate, glabrous, 1/16 to 1/8 inch, pedicels are hairy with a few long hairs towards the base.

From Project Gutenberg

The spikelets are unilaterally biseriate on the rachis which is not jointed at the base.

From Project Gutenberg

Spikelets are 2-flowered, narrow, biseriate, unilateral, imbricate on the rachis of a solitary spike; the rachilla is elongate between the flowering glumes and produced beyond them and terminates in a rudimentary awned glume.

From Project Gutenberg

The spikelets are compressed laterally, sessile or obscurely pedicelled, imbricate, alternately biseriate on the ventral side of the rachis, 1-flowered; the rachilla is produced into a bristle behind the palea, with or without a minute glume.

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