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tetrastichous

[ti-tras-ti-kuhs]

adjective Botany.

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

having four such rows of flowers, as a spike.

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

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tetrastichous (tɛˈtræstɪkəs)

—*adj*
	(of flowers or leaves on a stalk) arranged in four vertical rows

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