单词 | hyphaene |
释义 | hyphaenehyphenen. Botany. A genus of palms with branching stems, found in Arabia, Africa, and Madagascar. One species, H. Thebaica, is the doum palm Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > doum palm doum1709 gingerbread palm1863 hyphaene1878 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. viii. 239 Hyphene palms. 1881 Good Words Jan. 37 Among other vegetable curiosities were the hyphæne—the only branching member of the palm family. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1878 |
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