† molendinaceousadj.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin molendinum mill (see molendinarious adj.) + -aceous suffix. R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form molendinaceus (see quot. 1857). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (molendinēⁱ·ʃəs) /məʊlɛndɪˈneɪʃəs/.

Botany. Obsolete.

Of a seed or fruit: resembling a windmill in having winglike projections.

ΚΠ

1807 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 26 1027 Anthers linear-oblong; germen superior, purple-brown, three-lobed-ovate, hexagonously winged, molendinaceous.

1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) Molendinaceous, shaped like the sail of a mill.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Molendinaceus,..molendinaceous; applied to seeds numerously winged.

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 160 Molendinaceous, furnished with large wing-like expansions.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2810/1 From the seeds or small fruit of certain plants a number of wings project, somewhat like the sails of a windmill. By this means molendinaceous or mill-shaped fruits are scattered by the wind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	molendinaceous
释义	† molendinaceousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin molendinum , -aceous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin molendinum mill (see molendinarious adj.) + -aceous suffix. R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form molendinaceus (see quot. 1857). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (molendinēⁱ·ʃəs) /məʊlɛndɪˈneɪʃəs/. Botany. Obsolete. Of a seed or fruit: resembling a windmill in having winglike projections. ΚΠ 1807 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 26 1027 Anthers linear-oblong; germen superior, purple-brown, three-lobed-ovate, hexagonously winged, molendinaceous. 1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) Molendinaceous, shaped like the sail of a mill. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Molendinaceus,..molendinaceous; applied to seeds numerously winged. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 160 Molendinaceous, furnished with large wing-like expansions. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2810/1 From the seeds or small fruit of certain plants a number of wings project, somewhat like the sails of a windmill. By this means molendinaceous or mill-shaped fruits are scattered by the wind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1807
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