decussate
adjective
in the form of an X ; crossed; intersected.
decussately
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a word derived from
decussate.
Example Sentences
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Scales of the fertile ament few, decussately opposite or ternate, becoming a small closed cone or sort of drupe.
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 Asa Gray
Leaves decussately opposite or ternate, usually scale-like and adnate, the earlier free and subulate; leaf-buds not scaly.
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 Asa Gray
