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
Other Word Forms
- distichously adverb
- subdistichous adjective
- subdistichously adverb
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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Male spikelets are 1- to 2-flowered, subsessile, distichous, jointed on rigid peduncled spikes, which are collected in umbels and surrounded by spathaceous leafy bracts.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The leaf-sheaths are equal to or longer than the internodes at the base, but shorter above, glabrous, compressed, distichous, bearded towards the mouth and with membranous margins.
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
The leaf-sheaths are distichous and towards the base of the stem are 1/2 inch broad, compressed, keeled and with scattered tubercle-based hairs.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The leaf-sheaths are distichous, compressed, glabrous or rarely hairy.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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