单词 | angiospermous |
释义 | angiospermousadj. Botany. Originally (of a plant): †having flowers that contain single seeds (obsolete rare); having seeds contained in a capsule or other recognizable seed vessel (now rare). In later use: designating flowering plants of a division characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary or carpel; of, relating to, or characteristic of such plants.Contrasted with gymnospermous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > angiospermous or gymnospermous gymnospermous1727 angiospermous1731 gymnomonospermous1760 angiospermal1843 angiospermatous1853 gymnospermal1889 gymnospermic- 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Angiomonospermæous, Angiospermous Plants, such plants as have one seed succeeding one single flower. 1854 J. H. Balfour in Encycl. Brit. V. 237 The Tertiary period is characterized by the abundance of Angiospermous Dicotyledons. 1907 Bot. Gaz. 44 319 The presumption that the simplest angiospermous flowers are the most primitive is no longer tenable. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxiv. 580 Angiospermous herbs abound—their woodlessness allowing them to grow extremely rapidly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1731 |
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