单词 | musculosity |
释义 | † musculosityn. Botany. Obsolete. 1. Fleshiness in a plant; a fleshy part of a plant. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > pith or soft internal tissue > quality of musculosity1601 fleshiness1830 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 109 They have..onely a certaine musculositie at the ends..of their braunches, much like to the tender buds of Asparagus. 2. The state or quality of being muscular; muscularity. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > condition of musculosity1721 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Musculosity, bigness of muscles. 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. .] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1601 |
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