| 单词 | embryo bud |
| 释义 | > as lemmasembryo bud embryo bud n. [after French embryon gemmaire (1835 or earlier)] Botany (now disused) a small woody nodule or outgrowth occurring in the bark of certain trees, originally supposed to be a form of adventitious bud capable of giving rise to a rudimentary branch. ΚΠ 1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) ii. 79 M. Dutrochet calls by the name of embryo-buds..those nodules which are so well known in the bark of the Beech, and some other trees, and which are externally indicated by small tumours of the bark. 1883 R. Bentley Student’s Guide Bot. i. iii. 106 In some trees, instead of being developed on the outside of the stem or branch, they [sc. adventitious buds] are enclosed in the bark; such have been called embryo-buds or embryo nodules. 1903 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 27 p. cxcvi, (heading) Gnaurs or Embryo buds on Tulip-tree. < as lemmas |
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