Orthostichies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orthostichy \Or*thos"ti*chy\, n.; pl. {Orthostichies}. [Ortho- +
     Gr. sti`chos row.] (Bot.)
     A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.
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