dichasiumn.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈkeɪzɪəm/,

/dᵻˈkeɪzɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌdaɪˈkeɪziəm/

Inflections: Plural dichasia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dichasium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin dichasium ( K. F. Schimper Dichasium bostryx et cicinus (1834)) < ancient Greek δίχασις division ( < δίχαζειν to divide (see dichastic adj.) + -σις -sis suffix) + scientific Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare French †dichasium (1837 or earlier), German Dichasium (1839 or earlier).

Botany.

A cyme in which each flowering branch produces a pair of lateral flowering branches, so that the inflorescence is symmetrical. Contrasted with monochasium n.

ΚΠ

1846 Rep. & Papers Bot. (Ray Soc.) 354 There is produced a dichotomous ramification, which continues to advance on each side, this is termed by Schimper a ‘dichasium’.

1876 J. H. Balfour in Encycl. Brit. IV. 124/1 In some members of the tribe Caryophyllaceæ the inflorescence has the form of a contracted dichasium.

1940 E. J. Salisbury in J. Huxley New Systematics 335 Salicornia dolichostachya Moss alone shows a similar dichasium with lateral flowers nearly equal in size to the central.

2008 Novon 18 322/2 This new species belongs to the group with a solitary dichasium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dichasium
释义	dichasiumn. Brit. /dʌɪˈkeɪzɪəm/, /dᵻˈkeɪzɪəm/, U.S. /ˌdaɪˈkeɪziəm/ Inflections: Plural dichasia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dichasium. Etymology: < scientific Latin dichasium ( K. F. Schimper Dichasium bostryx et cicinus (1834)) < ancient Greek δίχασις division ( < δίχαζειν to divide (see dichastic adj.) + -σις -sis suffix) + scientific Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare French †dichasium (1837 or earlier), German Dichasium (1839 or earlier). Botany. A cyme in which each flowering branch produces a pair of lateral flowering branches, so that the inflorescence is symmetrical. Contrasted with monochasium n. ΚΠ 1846 Rep. & Papers Bot. (Ray Soc.) 354 There is produced a dichotomous ramification, which continues to advance on each side, this is termed by Schimper a ‘dichasium’. 1876 J. H. Balfour in Encycl. Brit. IV. 124/1 In some members of the tribe Caryophyllaceæ the inflorescence has the form of a contracted dichasium. 1940 E. J. Salisbury in J. Huxley New Systematics 335 Salicornia dolichostachya Moss alone shows a similar dichasium with lateral flowers nearly equal in size to the central. 2008 Novon 18 322/2 This new species belongs to the group with a solitary dichasium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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