| 释义 |
vaginant, a. Bot.
[ad. mod.L. vāgīnant-, vāgīnans, f. vāgīna sheath. So F. vaginant.]
= sheathing ppl. a. b.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vii. (1765) 191 Vaginant, forming a Vagina or Sheath; when the Base of the Leaf forms a cylindric Tube that invests the Branch. 1851G. F. Richardson Geol. vii. 203 Sessile leaves are sometimes vaginant, that is, sheathing, as in grasses. |