distichousadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɪstɪkəs/, U.S.

/ˈdɪstɪkəs/

Etymology: < Latin distichus adjective (see distich n.) + -ous suffix.

Disposed in two opposite rows; having parts so disposed, two-ranked; formerly, sometimes = dichotomous; spec. in Botany arranged (alternately) in two vertical ranks on opposite sides of the axis, as in the glumes and grains of barley; in Entomology applied to antennæ having the joints similarly arranged.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Stalk If it [the stalk] part into two series of branches, it is expressed by the term distichous.

1819 Mem. Sir J. E. Smith (1832) II. 250 Perfectly distichous leaves.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 127 Tail round at its base, distichous at the extremity.

1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 264/2 Having the hairs of the tail distichous.

1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 69 Distichous flowers in a leafy spike.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 139 A second variety of arrangement of alternate leaves..is called distichous or two-ranked.

Derivatives

ˈdistichously adv.

ΚΠ

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 220 The spike is sometimes compound and distichously branched.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 305 Statice, Sea-lavender..spikelets, which are alternately distichously or secundly arranged.

1881 G. Bentham in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 18 325 The leaves are..distichously imbricate on the short stem.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	distichous
释义	distichousadj. Brit. /ˈdɪstɪkəs/, U.S. /ˈdɪstɪkəs/ Etymology: < Latin distichus adjective (see distich n.) + -ous suffix. Disposed in two opposite rows; having parts so disposed, two-ranked; formerly, sometimes = dichotomous; spec. in Botany arranged (alternately) in two vertical ranks on opposite sides of the axis, as in the glumes and grains of barley; in Entomology applied to antennæ having the joints similarly arranged. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Stalk If it [the stalk] part into two series of branches, it is expressed by the term distichous. 1819 Mem. Sir J. E. Smith (1832) II. 250 Perfectly distichous leaves. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 127 Tail round at its base, distichous at the extremity. 1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 264/2 Having the hairs of the tail distichous. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 69 Distichous flowers in a leafy spike. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 139 A second variety of arrangement of alternate leaves..is called distichous or two-ranked. Derivatives ˈdistichously adv. ΚΠ 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 220 The spike is sometimes compound and distichously branched. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 305 Statice, Sea-lavender..spikelets, which are alternately distichously or secundly arranged. 1881 G. Bentham in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 18 325 The leaves are..distichously imbricate on the short stem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1753
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