Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In botany, four-ranked; having four vertical rows: as, a tetrastichous spike, which has the flowers so arranged.
- In zoology, four-rowed.
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Panvocalics
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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