单词 | orontiaceous |
释义 | † orontiaceousadj. Botany. Obsolete. Belonging to or characteristic of the Orontiaceae, a group of plants based on the North American genus Orontium, once regarded as a family but now included in the family Araceae. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Orontiàceus, applied to a tribe..of the Aroideæ..having the Orontium for their type: orontiaceous. 1862 T. Moore Field Botanist's Compan. 124 The first of these [groups] is represented by the Sweet Flag, by some referred to the Araceous family, but more fittingly associated with that of the Orontiaceous plants. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dragon, Dracunculus vulgaris; also applied to the orontiaceous genus Dracontium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1857 |
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