释义 |
chrysaloid, a.|ˈkrɪsəlɔɪd| [irreg. f. chrysal-is + -oid: see chrysaline.] Chrysalis-like.
1816Colebrooke in Asiat. Researches XII. 539 Cotyledons two, unequal..chrysaloid-contortuplicate. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 233 A 1-seeded drupe, with crumpled chrysaloid cotyledons. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIII. 80 They..emerge from the chrysaloid state of childhood. |