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单词 papayal
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papayaladj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: papaya n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < papaya n. + -al suffix1, after scientific Latin Papayales, alliance name.
Botany. Obsolete.
In J. Lindley's terminology: designating an alliance of plants comprising the former families Papayaceae (see papayaceous adj.) and Pangiaceae (comprising Pangium and other genera now included in Flacourtiaceae). Also as n.: a plant of this alliance.
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papayal1846
papayaceous1857
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 320 The..Papayal alliance.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 320 [The plants] brought into closest contact with Papayals.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 843 Papayaceæ (Cariceæ, Papayads), a natural order of calycifloral dicotyledons belonging to Lindley's papayal alliance of diclinous Exogens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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