biseriate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of biseriate
First recorded in 1845–50; bi- 1 ( def. ) + seriate ( def. )
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The spikelets are variable in size, 1/12 to 1/6 inch, 3 to 5, rarely 6-flowered, quite glabrous, biseriate, pointing upward at an acute angle with the rachis.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Spikelets are small, biseriate and crowded on one side of the spike and not jointed at the base; rachilla is slender, jointed and produced beyond the flowering glumes and bearing an imperfect glume.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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 A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The spikelets are unilaterally biseriate on the rachis which is not jointed at the base.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The spikelets are secund, biseriate, shining, pale brown, 1/2 inch long, up to 30-flowered.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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