dichronous

\\ˈdīkrənəs\ adjective

Etymology: Late Latin dichronus, dichronos, from Greek dichronos, from di- + -chronos -chronous

prosody

1. : consisting of or lasting through two morae : disemic

2. : common 9c

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dichronous, a.

(ˈdaɪkrənəs)

[f. late L. dichronus, a. Gr. δίχρον-ος of two prosodic quantities, either long or short (f. δι- di-² + χρόνος time) + -ous.]

1. Gr. and Lat. Prosody. Having two times or quantities; sometimes short and sometimes long.

In mod. Dicts.

2. Bot. ‘Having two periods of growth in the year’. Syd. Soc. Lex. 1883.