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单词 glossopteris
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glossopterisn.

/ɡlɒˈsɒptərɪs/
Etymology: < French Glossopteris (A. Brongniart 1822, in Mém. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris VIII. 232), < Greek γλωσσο-, γλῶσσα tongue + πτερίς fern.
A fossil fern belonging to the genus so named. Also attributive.
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1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 173/1 The northern coal-fields [in Queensland] display the Glossopteris, [etc.].
1897 A. C. Seward in Science Progress VI. 178 The Glossopteris Flora; an extinct flora of a Southern Hemisphere Continent.
1905 E. A. N. Arber Catal. Fossil Plants Glossopteris Flora Brit. Mus.—N.H. p. xviii This flora is especially characterised by the frequent occurrence of Glossopteris, a fern-like plant not only of wide distribution but often found in..extreme abundance.
1912 J. W. Gregory Making of Earth iii. x. 184 Glossopteris was a fern or fern~like plant with large blunt leaves, each of which has a prominent midrib.
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 337/2 The sorus~like body borne by a Glossopteris.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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