tetrastichous

[ ti-tras-ti-kuhs ]

adjectiveBotany.
  1. arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.

  2. having four such rows of flowers, as a spike.

Origin of tetrastichous

1
1865–70; <New Latin tetrastichus<Greek tetrástichos having four lines or rows. See tetra-, stich1, -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for tetrastichous

tetrastichous

/ (tɛˈtræstɪkəs) /


adjective
  1. (of flowers or leaves on a stalk) arranged in four vertical rows

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