distichous
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He also questions the propriety of the separation according to the distichous arrangement of the hairs of the tail.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Leaf-sheaths are compressed and distichous below, glabrous or sometimes with a few hairs close to the margin.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The leaf-sheaths are equal to or longer than the internodes at the base, but shorter above, glabrous, compressed, distichous, bearded towards the mouth and with membranous margins.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The leaf-blade is flat, linear, distichous, coriaceous, rounded at the tip, margins sparsely ciliate, 1 to 2-1/2 inches long.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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 Robert Armitage Sterndale
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