Dichasia

/daɪˈkeɪʒə/ noun

Definition

A type of flowering arrangement where the main stem ends in a flower and below it two branches emerge that also bear flowers, creating a symmetrical pattern.

Etymology

From Greek 'dichasion' (a splitting into two). This botanical term was formalized in the 18th-19th centuries as botanists developed precise vocabulary for different flower arrangements.

Kelly Says

Many familiar plants like phlox and forget-me-nots use dichasia to maximize the number of flowers displayed while using a simple, efficient branching pattern that insects find easy to navigate.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዲቻሴያ
di-cha-see-ya
ARالعربية
ديكاسيا
di-ka-see-ah
BNবাংলা
ডিকাসিয়া
di-ka-see-ya
CACatalà
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
CSČeština
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
DADansk
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
DEDeutsch
Dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
ELΕλληνικά
Δίχασις
di-kha-sis
ESEspañol
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
FAفارسی
دیکاسی
di-ka-see
FISuomi
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
FRFrançais
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
GUGU
દિચાસિયા
di-cha-see-ya
HAHA
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
HEעברית
דיקסיה
di-ksee-yah
HIहिन्दी
डिचैसिया
di-cha-see-ya
HUMagyar
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
IGIG
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
ITItaliano
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
JA日本語
ディハシア
di-kha-see-ah
KKKK
дихасия
di-kha-see-ya
KMKM
ឌីចាស
di-cha-s
KO한국어
디하시아
di-ha-see-ah
MRMR
दिचासिया
di-cha-see-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
MYမြန်မာ
တိခေစီး
ti-kha-see
NLNederlands
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
NONorsk
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
PAPA
ਡਿਚਾਸੀਆ
di-cha-see-ya
PLPolski
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
PTPortuguês
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
RORomână
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
RUРусский
Дихасия
di-kha-see-ah
SVSvenska
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
SWKiswahili
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
TAதமிழ்
டிஹேசீயா
ti-ha-see-ya
TEతెలుగు
డిచాసియా
di-cha-see-ya
THไทย
ดิคาเชีย
di-kha-see-yah
TLTL
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
TRTürkçe
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
UKУкраїнська
Дихасія
di-kha-see-ah
URاردو
ڈیچاسیا
di-cha-see-ya
VITiếng Việt
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
YOYO
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah
ZH中文
迪哈西亚
di-ha-see-yah
ZUZU
dichasia
di-kha-see-ah

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