单词 | glandiferous |
释义 | glandiferousadj. Bearing acorns or similar fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [adjective] oakena1398 cerrialc1405 glandiferous1648 quercine1656 querculane1656 sessiliflore1842 1648 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs (ed. 2) iv. 101 Virgil calls Acorns Chaonias glandes, and all glandiferous woods, by the name of Dodona. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 10 Into these Furrows..throw..all the Glandiferous Seeds, Mast, and Key~bearing kinds. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 338 The Beech is of two sorts and numbred amongst the Glandiferous Trees. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 July 11/1 Many [trees] which are divided by Pliny into glandiferous and pitch-bearing cannot be included in either division. Derivatives glanˈdiferousness n. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1648 |
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