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curviserial
curviserial n.
Brit. 
/ˌkəːvᵻˈsɪərɪəl/
, /ˌkəːvᵻˈsɪərɪəl/U.S. /ˌkərvəˈsɪriəl/
[after French curvisérié (1837)] rare designating an arrangement of leaves on a stem in which the leaves are distributed along the stem in a curved line, so that no leaf is directly above any preceding one; cf. rectiserial adj./ˌkərvəˈsɪriəl/ΚΠ
1849 J. H. Wilson tr. A. de Jussieu Elements Bot. 151 M. Bravais divides, therefore, leaves considered in relation to their arrangements on the stem into two great classes : 1st, The curviserial (curvisériées), those which, never being capable of being brought back one above the other in a straight line, thus describe an indefinite curve.
1877 A. Silver Out. Elem. Bot. (rev. ed.) iii. 36 Instead of there being a number of perpendicular rows of leaves, from apex to base, the rows will be curved, hence the term curviserial which is applied to them.
1975 Ann. Bot. 39 459 The orthostichy lines might appear curviserial and non-linear.
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