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单词 parastichy
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Definition of parastichy in English:

parastichy

nounPlural parastichies pəˈrastɪkipəˈrastəkē
Botany
  • (in phyllotaxis) an oblique row of leaves arranged in a secondary spiral.

    〔植〕(叶序)斜列线。与ORTHOSTICHY 相对

    Contrasted with orthostichy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Curved lines show parastichies between stamens and last-formed tepals.
    • There was a negative correlation between phyllotaxy and leaf primordium diameter: species with greater numbers of orthostichies or parastichies had smaller leaf primordia.
    • Pistillate flowers, sterile male flowers, atypical bisexual flowers and staminate flowers are inserted on the same contact parastichies.
    • However, in Jean's model it is not possible to determine the entropy of the phyllotactic system without knowing the number of visible opposed parastichies (m, n).

Origin

Late 19th century: from para-1 'adjacent' + Greek stikhos 'row, rank'.

Definition of parastichy in US English:

parastichy

nounpəˈrastəkē
Botany
  • (in phyllotaxis) an oblique row of leaves arranged in a secondary spiral.

    〔植〕(叶序)斜列线。与ORTHOSTICHY 相对

    Contrasted with orthostichy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pistillate flowers, sterile male flowers, atypical bisexual flowers and staminate flowers are inserted on the same contact parastichies.
    • There was a negative correlation between phyllotaxy and leaf primordium diameter: species with greater numbers of orthostichies or parastichies had smaller leaf primordia.
    • However, in Jean's model it is not possible to determine the entropy of the phyllotactic system without knowing the number of visible opposed parastichies (m, n).
    • Curved lines show parastichies between stamens and last-formed tepals.

Origin

Late 19th century: from para- ‘adjacent’ + Greek stikhos ‘row, rank’.

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