Distichous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Arranged in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis: distichous leaves.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disposed in two rows; biserial; bifarious; dichotomous; specifically, in botany, arranged alternately in two vertical ranks upon opposite sides of the axis, as the leaves of grasses, elms, etc. Also distich.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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