| 释义 |
pa·ras·ti·chy
\pəˈrastəkē\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary para- (I) + Greek stichos row + International Scientific Vocabulary -y — more at stich
: a hypothetical oblique or secondary spiral line joining leaves or scales where the internodes of the axis are short and the members crowded (as in a pine cone); also : the arrangement of leaves or scales along such lines — compare orthostichy |