单词 | indeciduous |
释义 | indeciduousadj.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > attached or becoming united connated1578 indeciduous1646 adnate1648 confluent1823 connate1826 inserted1826 coadunate1839 conjugate1843 conjugating1851 coadnate1866 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 269 The statua of the Sun was framed with rayes about the head, which were the indiciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Indiciduous,..not apt to fall. 2. Botany. Of a leaf; Not falling off at a definite time of the year; not deciduous. Of a tree or plant: Not losing the leaves annually; evergreen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > deciduous or evergreen evergreen1629 leaf-shedding1735 indeciduous1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Indeciduous,..used of trees that do not shed their leaves in winter. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Indeciduous, not falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 170 There are no indeciduous plants, Aspasia! the greater part lose their leaves in winter, the rest in summer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1646 |
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