amorphan.¹

Brit.

/əˈmɔːfə/, U.S.

/əˈmɔrfə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Amorpha.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Amorpha, genus name ( Linnaeus Corollarium generum plantarum (1737) 16) < ancient Greek ἄμορϕος shapeless (see amorphous adj.) + scientific Latin -a -a suffix², so called because the flowers have only one petal (compare quot. 1866).

Botany.

Any of several leguminous North American shrubs of the genus Amorpha, having long spiked clusters of purple flowers and hairy pinnate leaves. Also (in form Amorpha): the genus itself. Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum II. (1753) 713.Certain species of Amorpha are also called bastard indigo, false indigo.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American

wild tea1728

bastard indigo1730

mountain heath1731

groundsel-tree1736

amorpha1751

buttonbush1754

moosewood1778

pipestem wood1791

modesty1809

sand myrtle1814

wicopy1823

lead-plant1833

false indigo1841

sleek-leaf1845

arrow weed1848

rabbit bush1852

ribbonwood1860

rabbit brush1877

sea myrtle1883

pencil tree1884

tar-bush1884

ocean spray1906

1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 541 Amorpha... The shrub rises to four or five feet high: the branches are slender; the leaves large and pinnated;..the flowers are very small and purple.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iv. 13 Prairies..Bright with..purple amorphas.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 53/1 The two pairs of petals, termed severally the wings and keel, are absent, the only representative of petals being the standard or vexillum, and hence its name Amorpha, ‘deformed’.

1910 Cycl. Amer. Agric. (ed. 2) 1095/2 The high nitrogen content of the soil is probably due in large measure to the prevalence of the Amorphas and vetches.

1964 Jrnl. Elisa Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80 51/1 My interest was attracted to the genus Amorpha by the discovery of an apparently undescribed species in the Coastal Plain of southern Georgia.

2012 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 18 Oct. In mid-summer, the polyester bee..will pollinate prairie clover, goldenrod and amorpha.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† amorphan.²

Origin: A borrowing from Greek; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek ἄμορϕα, ἄμορϕος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄμορϕα, use as noun of neuter plural of ἄμορϕος shapeless (see amorphous adj.), after French amorphes, plural (H. M. D. de Blainville, 1822, or earlier); compare scientific Latin -a -a suffix². Compare slightly earlier Amorphozoa n.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

With plural agreement. A group comprising animals lacking a definite, regular form; such animals collectively. Cf. Amorphozoa n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > of no regular form

Amorphozoa1830

amorpha1834

1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XII. 594 The genera gonium, proteus, volvox and monads..ought, in the opinion of M. de Blainville, to form a distinct type, to which he gives the names of amorpha and agastraria which are intended to express that they have no determinate form and that the external envelope does not turn into or form a stomach.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. iv. 149 The infusories, or as they have been also called animalcules, microscopic animals, acrita or indiscernibles, amorpha or without form, are of this description.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

单词	amorpha
释义	amorphan.¹ Brit. /əˈmɔːfə/, U.S. /əˈmɔrfə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Amorpha. Etymology: < scientific Latin Amorpha, genus name ( Linnaeus Corollarium generum plantarum (1737) 16) < ancient Greek ἄμορϕος shapeless (see amorphous adj.) + scientific Latin -a -a suffix², so called because the flowers have only one petal (compare quot. 1866). Botany. Any of several leguminous North American shrubs of the genus Amorpha, having long spiked clusters of purple flowers and hairy pinnate leaves. Also (in form Amorpha): the genus itself. Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum II. (1753) 713.Certain species of Amorpha are also called bastard indigo, false indigo. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 541 Amorpha... The shrub rises to four or five feet high: the branches are slender; the leaves large and pinnated;..the flowers are very small and purple. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. iv. 13 Prairies..Bright with..purple amorphas. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 53/1 The two pairs of petals, termed severally the wings and keel, are absent, the only representative of petals being the standard or vexillum, and hence its name Amorpha, ‘deformed’. 1910 Cycl. Amer. Agric. (ed. 2) 1095/2 The high nitrogen content of the soil is probably due in large measure to the prevalence of the Amorphas and vetches. 1964 Jrnl. Elisa Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80 51/1 My interest was attracted to the genus Amorpha by the discovery of an apparently undescribed species in the Coastal Plain of southern Georgia. 2012 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 18 Oct. In mid-summer, the polyester bee..will pollinate prairie clover, goldenrod and amorpha. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † amorphan.² Origin: A borrowing from Greek; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek ἄμορϕα, ἄμορϕος. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄμορϕα, use as noun of neuter plural of ἄμορϕος shapeless (see amorphous adj.), after French amorphes, plural (H. M. D. de Blainville, 1822, or earlier); compare scientific Latin -a -a suffix². Compare slightly earlier Amorphozoa n. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. With plural agreement. A group comprising animals lacking a definite, regular form; such animals collectively. Cf. Amorphozoa n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > of no regular form Amorphozoa1830 amorpha1834 1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XII. 594 The genera gonium, proteus, volvox and monads..ought, in the opinion of M. de Blainville, to form a distinct type, to which he gives the names of amorpha and agastraria which are intended to express that they have no determinate form and that the external envelope does not turn into or form a stomach. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. iv. 149 The infusories, or as they have been also called animalcules, microscopic animals, acrita or indiscernibles, amorpha or without form, are of this description. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < n.¹1751n.²1834
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