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dichasium

di·cha·si·um [ dī káy zee əm, d káyəm ] (plural di·cha·si·a [ dī káyzee ə, d káyə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
type of flower head: a flowering stem that has a single flower growing on the end cyme and later sprouts two single-flower branches, one on each side of and below the first flower

[Late 19th century. < Greek dikhasis "division" < dikha "apart"]

di·cha·si·al adjective
di·cha·si·al·ly adverb
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