单词 | palmette |
释义 | palmetten. 1. Zoology. Each of a pair of flattened lobes on the head of certain gastropod molluscs, esp. of the family Turbinidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > appendage on head palmette1843 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 379/2 There is an internal prismatic appendage, which MM. Quoy and Gaimard call a palmette, because it is frequently digitated. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 380/1 The head is red-brown and striated, with a narrow green band at the base of the eyes and the palmettes. 1856 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. IV. 1145 In all [specimens of Phasianella bulimoides] the tentacles are slender and long, the ocular peduncles stout and button-shaped, the palmettes laciniated. 1990 C. S. Hickman & J. H. McLean Systematic Revision & Suprageneric Classif. Trochacean Gastropods 19/2 Cephalic lappets (palmettes in older terminology). 1992 M. Stachowitsch Invertebr. 209/2 Palmette, pair of flattened projections between cephalic tentacles on head; considered to be remnant of epipodium. 2. Decorative Arts (esp. in Archaeology). An ornamental design used on ancient pottery, and later on furniture, carpets, etc., having narrow radiating divisions and resembling a stylized palm leaf. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage maple leaf1394 vinea1400 vinet1412 traila1423 garlandc1524 foilery1527 wreath?1586 leaf work1592 foliage1598 sprig1613 branching1652 leafage1658 leafing1688 acanthus leaf1703 feuillage1714 sprigging1775 foliature1814 pampre1842 palmette1850 vine-scroll1886 olive acanthus1888 foliage-border1891 branched work- 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §320. 373 A stele on a vase from Volci, on which the painter represents yellowish palmettes on a white ground. 1889 J. Hirst in Archæol. Inst. Jrnl. No. 181. 28 The artist having wished thus to fill in every vacant space at his disposal with a leaf, a palmette, or a flower. 1931 A. Esdaile Student's Man. Bibliogr. vi. 212 Two..London binders..produced about 1815 some really beautiful bindings decorated with classical palmette borders. 1975 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1973–4 17 A fragment of an Attic black-figure amphora decorated with a lotus and palmette pattern, languettes, and part of a battle scene. 1990 Country Life 24 May 126 (caption) Biedermeier walnut chair with typical palmette. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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