distichous
Americanadjective
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Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
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Zoology. divided into two parts.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of distichous
1745–55; < Latin distichus (< Greek dístichos (adj.); see distich), with -ous for Latin -us adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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The spikelets are very small, one-flowered, half immersed in the alternating distichous cavities of the rachis.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
In some the general hue is orange brown with obscure annuli; the arrangement of the hair is distichous or in two rows.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
Cotyledons 2 or 3.—Strong-scented evergreen trees, with very small and scale-like or some awl-shaped closely appressed-imbricated leaves, distichous branchlets, and exceedingly durable wood.
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
Stems are stout below with distichous leaves and very slender above, 2 to 3-1/2 feet long.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
He also questions the propriety of the separation according to the distichous arrangement of the hairs of the tail.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
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