distichous

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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 Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Adj. bisected &c. v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate†, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous†, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular†; semi-, demi-, hemi†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Stems are stout below with distichous leaves and very slender above, 2 to 3-1/2 feet long.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

But on the stem the cells are distichous and wide apart.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

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