mitchellan.

Brit.

/mɪˈtʃɛlə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪˈtʃɛlə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mitchella.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mitchella ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 111) < the name of John Mitchell (d. 1768), English-born U.S. botanist + -a -a suffix¹ 1.

Botany.

Either of two trailing plants with fleshy berries constituting the genus Mitchella (family Rubiaceae), M. undulata, of north-east Asia, and the partridgeberry, M. repens, of North America. Also (in form Mitchella): the genus itself.

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partridgeberry1714

mitchella1785

winter clover1807

1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 410 Mitchella... Partridgeberry. The stems trailing. Leaves orbicular-cordate... Blossoms white. In thick woods and swamps.

1785 H. Marshall Amer. Grove 92 Creeping evergreen Mitchella.

1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls ii. 40 Leslie was quick to spy the bit of creeping Mitchella.

1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants (1969) 712 Rubiaceae..fruit..a fleshy berry in some genera (Coffea, Mitchella).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mitchella
释义	mitchellan. Brit. /mɪˈtʃɛlə/, U.S. /ˌmɪˈtʃɛlə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mitchella. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mitchella ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 111) < the name of John Mitchell (d. 1768), English-born U.S. botanist + -a -a suffix¹ 1. Botany. Either of two trailing plants with fleshy berries constituting the genus Mitchella (family Rubiaceae), M. undulata, of north-east Asia, and the partridgeberry, M. repens, of North America. Also (in form Mitchella): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > partridge-berry partridgeberry1714 mitchella1785 winter clover1807 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 410 Mitchella... Partridgeberry. The stems trailing. Leaves orbicular-cordate... Blossoms white. In thick woods and swamps. 1785 H. Marshall Amer. Grove 92 Creeping evergreen Mitchella. 1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls ii. 40 Leslie was quick to spy the bit of creeping Mitchella. 1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants (1969) 712 Rubiaceae..fruit..a fleshy berry in some genera (Coffea, Mitchella). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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