单词 | glossopteris |
释义 | glossopterisn. A fossil fern belonging to the genus so named. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fossil ferns sphenopteris1837 wedge-leaf fern1851 wedge-fern1867 glossopteris1883 Medullosa1885 medullosan1920 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). < n.1883 |
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