单词 | marcescence |
释义 | marcescencen. Botany. Marcescent condition. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth withering?1523 unthriftiness1707 welting1766 marcescence1855 wilting1884 the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > condition of being deciduous or persistent marcescence1855 caducity1881 1855 J. B. Sanderson in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 232/2 Cessation of vegetation and marcescence. 1890 Temple Bar Nov. 443 They are ugly in their marcescence and scent incipient putrefaction. 1974 New Phytologist 73 981 Mature pachycauls..exhibit several characteristics often associated with the ‘juvenile’ stages of trees, e.g. wide pith, presence of starch-sheath, unbranched axis and marcescence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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