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Decussate

verb
(past & past part. decussated; pres. part. decussating)
1.
Cross or intersect so as to form a cross.  "The fibers decussate"
adjective
1.
Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.  Synonyms: intersectant, intersecting.





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... reaching the ridge, whose moderated temperature required our care to avoid suffering from the sudden transition, we came to the granite, on whose bare surface I found a prostrate specimen of baeckea, remarkable for the regularity of its decussate leaves, which I have designated in my list as Baeckea saxicola. Continuing to the extremity of the ridge, I was much surprised to find we had already attained the highest point of the range, and to ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King


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