distichous
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Feathers are mostly distichous, hair-partings are distichous, the moustache is distichous.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by English, Douglas
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 Rangachari, K.
The spikelets are usually 2-flowered, smooth, articulate on short peduncles, distichous, 1/3 to 1/2 inch long.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Male spikelets are 1- to 2-flowered, subsessile, distichous, jointed on rigid peduncled spikes, which are collected in umbels and surrounded by spathaceous leafy bracts.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The leaf-sheaths are distichous and towards the base of the stem are 1/2 inch broad, compressed, keeled and with scattered tubercle-based hairs.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
