subdichotomousadj.
/ˌsʌbdʌɪˈkɒtəməs/, /ˌsʌbdᵻˈkɒtəməs/, U.S. /ˌsəbdaɪˈkɑdəməs/ Chiefly Botany.
Somewhat divided or branched.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > divided into branches or sub-branches
branched1668
sub-branched1682
subdichotomous1777
1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 305 Stem shrubby, subdichotomous.
1834 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. III. 604 Panicles large, axillary,..with spreading slender branches, each terminated by a corymb of crowded subdichotomous spikes.
1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 360 Contour of polythecium subdichotomous.
1935 Mycologia 27 545 The conidiophores are..brown with the branching regularly dichotomous to subdichotomous in type.
1974 Bryologist 77 191 Branches subdichotomous, strongly flattened, reaching 20 mm in width in some mature plants.
2000 J. M. Huisman Marine Plants Austral. 220 Myriodesma is characterized by its subdichotomous, perennial stipe that bears flattened annual fronds.
Derivatives
subdiˈchotomously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adverb] > somewhat
subdichotomously1818
1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants I. 110 Flowers subdichotomously cymose.
1929 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 16 341 The conidiophores of H[obsonia] gigaspora are subdichotomously branched.
2004 Systematic Bot. Monogr. 70 8 Primary leaf divisions are divided dichotomously or subdichotomously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1777