单词 | astrobotany |
释义 | astrobotanyn. Now historical. 1. The (supposed) connection between plants and celestial objects; esp. the practice of harvesting medicinal plants in accordance with astrology. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany phytognomy1643 topology1659 vegetable statics1691 cryptogamy1783 fossil botany1822 nomology1825 structural botany1835 phytochemistry1837 phytochimy1847 phytogeography1847 astrobotany1851 phytonomy1851 phytophysiology1854 palaeophytology1857 phytobiology1860 phytopathology1864 plant physiology1870 palaeobotany1872 plant geography1878 phytopalaeontology1879 plant pathology1891 ethnobotany1896 floristic1898 phyteconomy1898 phytoteratology1898 phytoecology1899 geobotany1904 phytosociology1917 archaeobotany1954 palaeoethnobotany1959 1851 W. J. Simmonite Horary Astrol. 186 Ephemeris,..The best is Simmonite's.., an acquisition almost invaluable to the student of astrology, astronomy, astrometeorology, astrobotany, astrophrenology, &c. 1910 M. Neuburger Hist. Med. (new ed.) I. 294 Just as there were developed an astrozoology, an..astrobotany, an astromineralogy, so there grew a tendency once more to bring medical prognosis and therapeutics into touch with astrology (collection of plants under their planetary sign,..etc.). 1946 R. Eisler Royal Art Astrol. xxxi. 249 The connection between stars and their plants (the astrobotany responsible for such names as ‘sun-flower’, ‘hēlianthus’ and ‘fios Jovis’) is, of course, a development of a particular group of notes in the star-calendar. 2002 G. L. Irby-Massie & P. T. Keyser Greek Sci. Hellenistic Era iv. 100 Thessalos of Tralles..‘founded’ the Methodist medical sect..and probably composed this work of ‘astro-botany’ dedicated to Claudius or Nero. 2. The branch of botany concerned with the discovery or study of plant life on other planets or in space. ΚΠ 1947 USSR Information Bull. 20 Aug. 137 (title) Astrobotany, a new science. 1964 Sci. News Let. 4 Apr. 220/3 Articles review outstanding features in space, technology and science, from liquid propellant motors through astrobotany to superior galactic communities. 1970 F. Crick in Nature 14 Nov. 615/1 In the fifties, Watson and I were rather fond of the hypothetical science of astrobotany. 2007 B. Harvey Soviet & Russ. Lunar Explor. i. 12 A department of astrobotany was founded by the Kazakh Academy of Sciences and its director, Gavril Tikhov, publicized the possibilities of life on Mars and Venus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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