† merulinousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Merulini , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Merulini, family name ( C. H. Persoon Mycologia Europæa (1825) II. 2; < Merulius , genus name ( E. Fries Systema Mycol.(1821) I. 326, after earlier use by Haller (1760) and J. Bauhin (1651); further etymology uncertain) + -ini , plural of -inus : see -ine suffix¹) + -ous suffix.

Mycology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Designating a family Merulini of fungi, distinguished from the agarics by the mycologist C. H. Persoon, of which the dry rot fungus Merulius was the type genus.

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Merulinus, applied by Persoon to a Family..of the Exosporii Pilomyci, having the Merula for their type: merulinous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	merulinous
释义	† merulinousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Merulini , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Merulini, family name ( C. H. Persoon Mycologia Europæa (1825) II. 2; < Merulius , genus name ( E. Fries Systema Mycol.(1821) I. 326, after earlier use by Haller (1760) and J. Bauhin (1651); further etymology uncertain) + -ini , plural of -inus : see -ine suffix¹) + -ous suffix. Mycology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Designating a family Merulini of fungi, distinguished from the agarics by the mycologist C. H. Persoon, of which the dry rot fungus Merulius was the type genus. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Merulinus, applied by Persoon to a Family..of the Exosporii Pilomyci, having the Merula for their type: merulinous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1857
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