orthostichous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

orthostichy +‎ -ous

Adjective[edit]

orthostichous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having orthostichies
    • 2015 November 11, “Horizontal Transmission of”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Accumulation of the dye followed orthostichous patterns wherein the dye tended to accumulate in half of each leaf not vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 1, 2, and 4), and in the whole of each leaf vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 3 and 5).
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