distichous

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The spikelets are very small, one-flowered, half immersed in the alternating distichous cavities of the rachis.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Feathers are mostly distichous, hair-partings are distichous, the moustache is distichous.

From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by English, Douglas

Spikelets are very minute, one-flowered, half immersed in the alternating distichous cavities of the rachis of the spike; rachilla is bearded.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Adj. bisected &c. v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate†, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous†, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular†; semi-, demi-, hemi†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

In some the general hue is orange brown with obscure annuli; the arrangement of the hair is distichous or in two rows.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage