单词 | foliaceous |
释义 | foliaceousadj. 1. a. Having the appearance or nature of a leaf; leaf-like. Of certain cryptogamous plants: Having organs resembling leaves. †Of a flower: Having petals. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > leaf-like foliaceous1658 foliate1658 leafen1746 phylliform1848 phyllomorphous1849 phylloid1858 phylloideous1866 foliiform1880 phylloidal1888 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals foliaceous1658 monopetalous1687 pentapetalous1687 polypetalous1687 hose-in-hose1688 monopetalose1693 pentapetalose1693 tetrapetalose1694 tetrapetalous1697 tripetalose1698 tripetalous1704 hexapetalous1707 petalous1719 petaloid1720 planipetalous1730 petaline1783 petaliform1788 petalled1793 polypetal1803 hexapetaloid1813 hexapetaloideous1830 tripetaloid1830 tripetaloideous1830 unipetalous1831 petaliferous1847 macropetalous1857 sympetalous1870 apopetalous1875 anisopetalous1880 petally1888 thread-petalled1899 thousand-petalled1951 decapetalous- synpetalous- the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > spore or sporule > cryptogam or plant having spores > [adjective] > of or having parts > resembling leaves foliaceous1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 134 Seeds themselves in their rudimentall discoveries, appear in foliaceous surcles. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 70 Herbs..Not flowring; (i.) not having any foliaceous flower. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 128 The largest foliaceous Cyperus. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 335 Teeth of the calyx foliaceous. 1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 23 Mosses belong to the foliaceous..division of flowerless plants. 1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers iii. 116 The foliaceous stigma is more expanded. b. Bearing leaves, leafy; having an abundance of foliage. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] in (full) leafOE leavedc1300 leavy?1440 leafya1522 leavish1530 leafed1552 fronded1640 folious1658 foliaceous1676 frondent1677 furnished1712 foliose1727 leaf-strewn1730 foliaged1816 foliiferous1828 frondous1828 frondiparous1866 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Foliaceous, leavy. 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 318 Some withering words would drop from the foliaceous tree of our language. c. Of or pertaining to a leaf or leaves, consisting of leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] leafy1629 folious1658 frondose1721 herbaceous1785 foliaceous1816 foliar1875 folial1878 phyllomic1886 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. xii. 378 A foliaceous or farinaceous diet. 1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings vii. 134 The study of plants in which it [the stem] departs from the normal form, will clearly indicate its foliaceous origin. 2. Consisting of, or having the character of, thin leaf-like plates or laminæ. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > thin foliated1650 laminated1665 foliate1683 leafy1684 lamellated1713 foliaceousa1728 squamousa1728 lamellose1752 lamellar1794 spathaceous1794 laminous1798 spathose1802 lamellous1803 spathic1803 laminar1811 lamellate1826 laminose1826 laminary1830 lamelliferous1832 laminiferous1834 a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 163 A blue talky foliaceous spar. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 37 The metal is..found..in a foliaceous manner issuing out of the quartz. 1770–4 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) I. 231 Flakes of foliaceous talc. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. ii. 86 The shell [of the Oyster] is attached..foliaceous, rough. 3. Zoology and Entomology. Shaped or arranged like leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like (a) leaf or leaves leaf-like1688 leaf-shaped1798 foliaceous1828 leaved1834 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 170 A foliaceous appendage at the origin of the feet which surround the mouth. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 276 Valves foliaceous, the upper smallest. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 59 The bats of this family have..foliaceous cutaneous appendages surrounding the nasal apertures. Derivatives foliˈaceousness n. the condition or quality of being foliaceous. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1658 |
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