释义 |
Schwendenerism|ˈʃwɛndənərɪz(ə)m| [f. Schwendener + -ism.] The theory of S. Schwendener, a German botanist (b. 1829) that lichens are parasite fungi growing upon algæ (see quot.).
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 556/2 Not being able otherwise to account for the origin of the gonidia, and following up one or two alternatives put forward by De Bary..he [sc. Schwendener] promulgated the hypothesis now familiarly known as Schwendenerism. |