secund

American  

[see-kuhnd, sek-uhnd] / ˈsi kʌnd, ˈsɛk ʌnd /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. arranged on one side only; unilateral.

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secund British  

/ sɪˈkʌnd /

adjective

1. botany having or designating parts arranged on or turned to one side of the axis

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Other Word Forms

• secundly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of secund

First recorded in 1770–80, secund is from the Latin word secundus following. See second ¹

Example Sentences

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 Rangachari, K.

The spikelets are plano-convex, orbicular to oblong, obtuse, secund, 2-ranked on the flattened or triquetrous rachis of the spike-like branches of a raceme, one-flowered and falling off entire from the very short or obscure pedicels.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The secund is lyik unto this, Love thy nychtbour as thy selve.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

Spikelets distichously spreading, secund, keels of palea winged 8.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Heads very small in slender spreading secund clusters forming a mostly short and broad panicle; leaves entire or nearly so.

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