| 释义 |
isoetes|aɪˈsəʊɪtiːz, aɪsəʊˈiːtiːz|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Skånska Resa (1751) 417), f. Gr. ἰσοετής, f. ἴσος equal + ἔτος year: the plants are evergreen.]
An aquatic plant of the genus so called; = quill-wort (s.v. quill n.1 8 b).
1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 431/2 An Isoetes plant was produced on the leaf instead of a sporangium. 1910Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 784 The whole axis of the Isoëtes plant can be compared with that of Lepidodendron. 1965R. F. Scagel et al. Evolutionary Survey Plant Kingdom xix. 375/1 One of the most distinctive vascular plants, Isoetes, consists of a thick mass of tubular to strap-shaped leaves borne in a rosette on a very short stem. |