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Fertile catkins globular, of shield-shaped scales decussate in pairs, bearing few (1–4) erect bottle-shaped ovules at base.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYA Melaleuca with very small decussate leaves, a tree about twenty-five feet high, was growing on the scrubby ridges.
JOURNAL OF AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIALUDWIG LEICHHARDTThe whorls or pairs alternate or cross each other, usually at right angles, that is, they decussate.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAYThe remaining fibres pass down as the direct pyramidal tract, and decussate in the cord near their termination.
MANUAL OF SURGERY VOLUME SECOND: EXTREMITIES--HEAD--NECK. SIXTH EDITION.ALEXANDER MILESThus, leaves normally opposite and decussate may, by fusion, become alternate.
VEGETABLE TERATOLOGYMAXWELL T. MASTERSDecussate, arranged in pairs which successively cross each other, 71.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAYThese are sometimes marked with a decussate cross, as was done to facilitate fracture during administration.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DECUSSATE
- backtalked
- blocked
- bollixed
- bucked
- crabbed
- cramped
- crimped
- denied
- double-crossed
- flummoxed
- foiled
- foul up
- frustrated
- had bone to picked
- impeded
- interfered
- knocked props out
- loused up
- obstructed
- opposed
- resisted
- snafued
- sold
- sold out
- stab in the back
- stonewalled
- stumped
- stymied
- thwarted
- took on
- took wind out of sails
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- carve
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- decussate
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- divide
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- lay open
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- mow down
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rip
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shave
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slash
- slaughter
- slay
- slice
- slit
- sliver
- snip
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.