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Decussated   Listen
adjective
Decussated, Decussate  adj.  
1.
Crossed; intersected.
2.
(Bot.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
3.
(Rhet.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.






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"Decussated" Quotes from Famous Books



... Decussate: crossing at an angle: X-like: in cross pairs; or, when bristles alternately cross each other, as in ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith



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