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To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
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Crossed; intersected.
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Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
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Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
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in opposite pairs, with successive pairs borne at right angles to each other.
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To cross over to the opposite side, usually referring to the crossover of the descending tracts of the corticospinal pathway on the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata.
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cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate"
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positioned opposite on the stem but with nodes in two planes alternating at right angles to one another along the stem
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an arrangement for opposite leaves which successive pairs form a right angle.
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of leaves, where pairs of opposite leaves are arranged successively at right-angles to each other up the stem
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opposite leaves arranged so that each pair is at right angles to the one below
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borne in pairs alternately at right angles to each other.
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opposite pairs of shoots set at right angles to the pairs above and below
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Of opposite leaves, when the successive pairs are at right angles to each other. Parent Term: Leaf_arrangement Difficulty Level
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Cross from one side (left or right) to the other side
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In pairs alternately crossing at right angles.
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