单词 | marsilea |
释义 | Marsilean. A genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants of the family Marsileaceae (allied to the ferns), the members of which have creeping rhizomes, four-lobed leaves, and sporocarps on or at the base of the petioles; (also marsilea) a plant of this genus (also called pepperwort, water clover).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1099. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > pepperworts (pillwort and allies) peppergrass1713 Marsilea1754 Welsh clubmoss1767 pillwort1776 pepperwort1835 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2001/2 Marsilea, in botany, a genus of the cryptogamia class of plants, without any corolla or cup. 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 313 Marsileaceæ. The Pill-wort (Pilularia), with its congener (Marsilea), the pepper-wort, are associated in a type named Marsileaceæ, and known by their free conceptacles being sessile in the axillæ of their leaves. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 73 According to Mr. Griffith, Marsilea..appears to connect Salvinia with Ferns. 1887 Athenæum 7 May 610/3 The ferns with the salvinias and marsilias are united into one group. 1926 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53 473 (title) The Marsileas of the western United States. 1987 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 14 June 15/2 Stand the potted Marsilea on something, e.g. some bricks, so that the water is about half way up the pot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754 |
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