embryoniferousadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛmbrɪəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌɛmbriəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: embryon n., -iferous comb. form.

Etymology: < embryon n. + -iferous comb. form, after French embryonifère (1799 or earlier), perhaps itself after scientific Latin embryoniferus (1788 or earlier). Compare embryoferous adj.

Chiefly Botany. Now rare.

Producing or bearing an embryo; (in later use) esp. designating the part of a seed or ovule in which the embryo is formed.

ΚΠ

1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 29 An examination of the embryoniferous cavity [Fr. la cavité embryonifère].

1834 R. Brown Misc. Bot. Wks. (1866) I. 570 The remains of the embryoniferous areolæ, from four to six in number, were still visible.

1858 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 400 The development of the ovary was so enormous, that all the other organs of the body had entirely disappeared, and the animal [sc. a parasitic worm] formed an oviferous and embryoniferous tube.

1906 Ann. Bot. 20 468 The ovule of Orthopterygium is very imperfectly known, but the attachment appears to be lateral and the funicular appendage cup-shaped at the basal end, bilamellate upwards, and more or less enclosing the embryoniferous lobe.

1940 Brittonia 3 366 The seeds of some British Honduras specimens..have the basal wing very short (3–10mm. long) and produced distally nearly to surround the flattened embryoniferous portion.

1999 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 86 738 (caption) Embryoniferous portion of seed, when not enveloped by the aril, is shaded.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embryoniferous
释义	embryoniferousadj. Brit. /ˌɛmbrɪəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌɛmbriəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: embryon n., -iferous comb. form. Etymology: < embryon n. + -iferous comb. form, after French embryonifère (1799 or earlier), perhaps itself after scientific Latin embryoniferus (1788 or earlier). Compare embryoferous adj. Chiefly Botany. Now rare. Producing or bearing an embryo; (in later use) esp. designating the part of a seed or ovule in which the embryo is formed. ΚΠ 1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 29 An examination of the embryoniferous cavity [Fr. la cavité embryonifère]. 1834 R. Brown Misc. Bot. Wks. (1866) I. 570 The remains of the embryoniferous areolæ, from four to six in number, were still visible. 1858 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 400 The development of the ovary was so enormous, that all the other organs of the body had entirely disappeared, and the animal [sc. a parasitic worm] formed an oviferous and embryoniferous tube. 1906 Ann. Bot. 20 468 The ovule of Orthopterygium is very imperfectly known, but the attachment appears to be lateral and the funicular appendage cup-shaped at the basal end, bilamellate upwards, and more or less enclosing the embryoniferous lobe. 1940 Brittonia 3 366 The seeds of some British Honduras specimens..have the basal wing very short (3–10mm. long) and produced distally nearly to surround the flattened embryoniferous portion. 1999 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 86 738 (caption) Embryoniferous portion of seed, when not enveloped by the aril, is shaded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819
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