单词 | acaulescent |
释义 | acaulescentadj. Botany. Apparently stemless; having a very short stem, or a stem concealed in the ground.Cf. acauline adj., acaulose adj., acaulous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having a stem or stalk > having no stem or stalk capillar1601 acaulose1687 stalkless1698 capillary1726 capillaceous1731 acaulous1753 stemless1796 acaulescent1822 acauline1835 unstalked1875 1822 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 5 63 It appears to me to form a transition from the bluish petalled acaulescent Violae. 1854 J. H. Balfour Outl. Bot. 49 The stem is so short in some plants, as the Primrose, Cowslip..that they are called stemless or acaulescent. 1898 R. Pound & F. E. Clements Phytogeogr. Nebraska iii. 53 This group is composed of acaulescent or low-stemmed plants which grow aggregated into dense cushion-like mats. 1935 H. McMinn et al. Illustr. Man. Pacific Coast Trees 122 Acaulescent or arboreous evergreen plants. 2006 C. C. Burrell & J. K. Tyler Hellebores i. 21 The majority of species [of hellebore] are considered acaulescent, the stem being entirely underground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1822 |
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