a. [SUB- 20 e.] Consisting of almost two rows. So Subdistichous a.
1777. S. Robson, Brit. Flora, 259. Spike compound, subdistich.
1805–16. R. Jameson, Char. Min., 211. A Crystal is said to be … Subdistic (subdistique), when among the facets which are disposed in the same row around each base, there are two surmounted by a new facet, which is as it were … the rudiment of a second row.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 650. Polyps subdistichous.
