单词 | germ area |
释义 | > as lemmasgerm area germ area n. (a) = germinal disc n. at germinal adj. Compounds (now rare); (b) the area of a seed which contains the embryo (cf. sense 2b). [In sense (a) after scientific Latin area germinativa (1837 or earlier); compare German Fruchthof, lit. ‘fruit court’ (1817 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. x. 292 Sometimes, therefore, it was called the ‘germ-disc’ (discus blastodermicus), sometimes the ‘embryonic spot’ (tache embryonnaire), but more usually the germ-area (area germinativa). 1915 Jrnl. Morphol. 26 304 A discoidal area, the germinal disc or germ area. 1940 Plant Physiol. 15 266 The small germ area of rye compared with the total area of the kernel, and the relatively smooth surface of the rye kernel..may both contribute to the low rate of respiration of this cereal. 2002 J. W. DeVries et al. Adv. Exper. Med. & Biol. 504 198 The hyphae then grow under the seed coat in the tip and germ area. < as lemmas |
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