What's the difference between distich and distichous?

Distich


Definition:

  • (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
  • (n.) Alt. of Distichous

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only 5 species were found in the native soil sites, and salt grass (Distichlis spicata L.) was the predominant species and accounted for over 80% of the total biomass.
  • (2) Biomass production, selenium accumulation, and the role of the bioextraction of selenium by salt grass (Distichlis spicata L.) in soils with elevated concentrations of Se and salinity at Kesterson, California, were studied.
  • (3) Recipient plants had six-rowded (hexastichous) spikes, and donor plants--two rowded (distichous) spikes.
  • (4) Simultaneously a reversion of hordein composition to the initial mutant type was observed, and the distichous pikes became hexastichous.

Distichous


Definition:

  • (n.) Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only 5 species were found in the native soil sites, and salt grass (Distichlis spicata L.) was the predominant species and accounted for over 80% of the total biomass.
  • (2) Biomass production, selenium accumulation, and the role of the bioextraction of selenium by salt grass (Distichlis spicata L.) in soils with elevated concentrations of Se and salinity at Kesterson, California, were studied.
  • (3) Recipient plants had six-rowded (hexastichous) spikes, and donor plants--two rowded (distichous) spikes.
  • (4) Simultaneously a reversion of hordein composition to the initial mutant type was observed, and the distichous pikes became hexastichous.

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