noun
- A type of flower cluster in which the main axis terminates in a flower, with two lateral branches below it, each of which also terminates in a flower.
Usage: botany; plural: dichasia or dichasiums
Examples
- The dichasia of the plant displayed a symmetrical branching pattern.
- Botanists studied the dichasia to understand the plant's reproductive structure.
- The flower cluster formed a dichasia with three prominent blooms.
- In dichasial inflorescences, each branch terminates in a single flower.