Decussate vs Distichous - What's the difference?
decussate | distichous | see also |
Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
(botany) Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles.
(rhetoric) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other.
To form an X or to cross or intersect.
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(botany) Arranged in two rows on each side of an axis
(poetry) In the form of a distich.
In botany terms the difference between decussate and distichous
is that decussate is having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles while distichous is arranged in two rows on each side of an axis.As adjectives the difference between decussate and distichous
is that decussate is crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X while distichous is arranged in two rows on each side of an axis.As a verb decussate
is to form an X or to cross or intersect.decussate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a decussated period