单词 | medullosan |
释义 | medullosanadj.n. Botany. A. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the group of extinct seed-bearing ferns (pteridosperms) including the genus Medullosa, known from Carboniferous and Permian fossils, whose stems have large, widely-spaced petioles and branched vascular cylinders. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [adjective] > of or belonging to group or type of fern polypodiaceous1818 osmundaceous1842 marsileaceous1857 salviniaceous1858 anadromous1881 pteridophytic1883 homophyadic1889 medullosean1899 trichomanoid1900 medullosan1903 resam1939 heterophyadic- 1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 195 136 Potonié is of the opinion that the modern Cycads arose from Medullosan ancestors. 1917 A. C. Seward Fossil Plants III. xxx. 86 There is..little doubt that other forms of leaves, such as Odontopteris and possibly Taeniopteris, were borne on Medullosan stems. 1956 Bot. Rev. 22 77 At present there is difficulty in deriving cycadean male fructifications from medullosan pollen-bearing organs. 1972 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 59 663 (heading) The structure of medullosan rooting systems. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 79 The living gymnosperms, the true cycads, Cycadales..probably evolved from the medullosan seed ferns of the Lower Permian. B. n. A seed-bearing fern of the extinct genus Medullosa or the group to which it belongs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fossil ferns sphenopteris1837 wedge-leaf fern1851 wedge-fern1867 glossopteris1883 Medullosa1885 medullosan1920 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 7 164 As a floral type it finds place somewhere amongst the Medullosans. 1947 C. A. Arnold Introd. Paleobot. ix. 226 In these respects the Anglorota medullosans stand out more or less in contrast to the Permian species. 1981 Rev. Palaeobot. & Palynol. 32 64 Basinger et al...have presented convincing evidence that medullosans are indeed monostelic. 1993 New Scientist 6 Feb. 34/1 The earliest evidence for the synthesis of resin comes from tropical forests in the late Carboniferous period, about 310 million years ago. Cordaitalean conifers and possibly the seed ferns (Medullosans)..together constituted the bulk of these forests. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1903 |
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