单词 | peaness |
释义 | peanessn. rare. 1. Genetics. The quality or character that makes a fowl's comb a pea-comb. ΚΠ 1907 R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 2) 42 Strip off ‘peaness’ from a pea and single is left. 2. The characteristic or defining quality of a pea; conformity to an ideal notion of what a typical pea is like. ΚΠ 1980 J. M. Johnston & H. S. Pennypacker Strategies & Tactics Human Behavioral Res. 75 It is doubtful that the subsequent benefits to humanity would have resulted had Mendel been disposed to regard the variability in color and conformity of garden peas as the basis for the creation of a scale for measuring ‘peaness’. 2000 Observer (Nexis) 18 June (Life section) 62 They were then put in a cold frame, watered and looked at daily for signs of incipient pea-ness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907 |
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