-stichouscomb. form

Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -stichus , -stichos , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin and scientific Latin -stichus (also -stichos; in e.g. distichus (see distichous adj.); < Hellenistic Greek -στιχος , combining form (in e.g. πολύστιχος : see polystichous adj. at poly- comb. form 1) < ancient Greek στίχος row: see stich n.) + -ous suffix.Found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin words from the mid 18th cent., e.g. distichous adj.

Chiefly Botany.

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Forming adjectives designating parts of a plant or (less commonly) an animal arranged in rows or ranks in the manner or number specified by the first element; esp. designating or having a spiral arrangement of leaves in which the number of leaves in each turn of the spiral about the stem (and thus the number of vertical rows of leaves in the phyllotaxis) is specified by the first element, as distichous adj., orthostichous adj., pentastichous adj., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	-stichous
释义	-stichouscomb. form Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -stichus , -stichos , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin and scientific Latin -stichus (also -stichos; in e.g. distichus (see distichous adj.); < Hellenistic Greek -στιχος , combining form (in e.g. πολύστιχος : see polystichous adj. at poly- comb. form 1) < ancient Greek στίχος row: see stich n.) + -ous suffix.Found in borrowings and adaptations of Latin words from the mid 18th cent., e.g. distichous adj. Chiefly Botany. Categories » Forming adjectives designating parts of a plant or (less commonly) an animal arranged in rows or ranks in the manner or number specified by the first element; esp. designating or having a spiral arrangement of leaves in which the number of leaves in each turn of the spiral about the stem (and thus the number of vertical rows of leaves in the phyllotaxis) is specified by the first element, as distichous adj., orthostichous adj., pentastichous adj., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < comb. form
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