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单词 medullosan
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medullosanadj.n.

Brit. /ˌmɛdəˈləʊsn/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈloʊs(ə)n/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Medullosa n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Medullosa n. + -an suffix. Compare earlier medullosean adj.
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.
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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).
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adj.n.1903
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