单词 | haplomorphic |
释义 | > as lemmashaplomorphic haplomorphic adj. Brit. , U.S. [ < haplo- comb. form + -morphic comb. form, in specific use in zoology after scientific Latin Haplomorpha (see haplomorphous adj.)] †(a) Zoology = haplomorphous adj. (obsolete rare); (b) Botany (of a flower) having an asymmetric arrangement of numerous petals or petal-like structures.Sense (a) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. Haplomorphic, same as haplomorphous. 1956 E. E. Leppik in Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 43 448/1 Haplomorphic flowers..contain many colored petals, arranged frequently in semispheric forms, as in Magnolia, waterlily, etc. 2004 New Phytologist 162 26/1 Floral parts are spirally arranged, and thus strictly are asymmetric or haplomorphic. < as lemmas |
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