tetrastichous

tetrastichous
/ti tras"ti keuhs/, adj. Bot.
1. arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
2. having four such rows of flowers, as a spike.
[1865-70; < NL tetrastichus < Gk tetrástichos having four lines or rows. See TETRA-, STICH1, -OUS]

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