-stichous

Botany, Zoology.

a combining form meaning “having rows” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: distichous.

Origin of -stichous

< Late Latin -stichus < Greek -stichos, adj. derivative of stíchos stich1

Words nearby -stichous

-sporous, -st, -stasis, -stat, -ster, -stichous, -stome, -stomous, -stomy, -stress, -style

British Dictionary definitions for -stichous

-stichous

adj combining form

having a certain number of rows distichous

Word Origin for -stichous

from Late Latin -stichus, from Greek -stikhos, from stikhos line, row; see stich