distichous
[dis-ti-kuh s]
- Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- Zoology. divided into two parts.
Show More
Origin of distichous
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Related Words
binary, amphibian, diploid, bilateral, dual, bifurcate, amphibious, bicameral, bigeminal, binal, bipartisan, bipartite, dichotomic, dichotomous, distichous, dualistic, dyadicExamples from the Web for distichous
Historical Examples
The cells are distichous, and of a very peculiar form, but varying in some degree according to their situation.
He also questions the propriety of the separation according to the distichous arrangement of the hairs of the tail.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and CeylonRobert A. Sterndale
In some the general hue is orange brown with obscure annuli; the arrangement of the hair is distichous or in two rows.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and CeylonRobert A. Sterndale
Leaf-sheaths are compressed and distichous below, glabrous or sometimes with a few hairs close to the margin.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Feathers are mostly distichous, hair-partings are distichous, the moustache is distichous.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties"Douglas English
distichous
- (of leaves) arranged in two vertical rows on opposite sides of the stem
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012