decussate

decussate
(technical)()
verb
  1. [no obj.](of two or more things) cross or intersect each other to form an X
    (两个或更多事物)交叉成X形,交叉
    the fibres decussate in the collar.
    领子上的纤维呈X形交叉。
adjective
  1. shaped like an X
    X字形的
    ■(Botany)(of leaves) arranged in opposite pairs, each pair being at right angles to the pair below
    (植)(叶)交互对生的
派生
decussation
noun
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (as a verb): from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare 'divide crosswise', from decussis (describing the figure X, i.e. the Roman numeral for the number 10), from decem 'ten'
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