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单词 hippurid
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hippuridn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Hippurideae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Hippurideae ( H. F. Link Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici Berolinensis altera (1821) 5) < Hippuris , name of a genus of plants (1792; specific use of classical Latin hippūris mare's tail (Pliny); < Hellenistic Greek ἵππουρις water plant, horsetail, use as noun of ancient Greek ἵππουρις (feminine adjective) horse-tailed < ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form2) + -ideae (see -id suffix2). N.E.D. (1898) gives the pronunciation as (hipiūə·rid) /hɪˈpjʊərɪd/.
Botany. Obsolete.
Any plant of the (former) natural order Hippurideae.This order, also called Halorageae, comprised mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris (now of the monospecific family Hippuridaceae or the family Plantaginaceae), and the plants, mainly aquatic herbs, now included in the family Haloragaceae.
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1845 J. Lindley in Gardeners' Chron. 28 June 439/1 The terms Orchids, Hippurids, Amaryllids..are taken as English equivalents for Orchidaceæ, Halorageæ, [etc.].
1856 E. Lankester Aquavivarium 26 There is a little order of plants, called by Dr. Lindley Hippurids (Haloragaceæ), all the British species of which grow in water. The most common of these is the Spiked Water Milfoil.
1897 Bot. Gaz. 24 171 Early predominance of symphysis gave rise to the peculiar group of the myrtles (Myrtales) from the rosewort type, in which by later aphanisis, hippurids (Halorageæ)..were produced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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