单词 | petalum |
释义 | † petalumn. Obsolete. 1. The plate of gold worn hanging from the linen mitre of a Jewish high priest; = petalon n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > coif > plate of gold on petalum1678 petalon1874 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Petalum, a certain kind of ornament which Priests formerly used to wear on their heads. 1688 J. Milner Coll. Church-hist. Palestine ii. i. 71 There are others that say, that he wore the Petalum. 2. = petal n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal leafeOE fall1629 petalum1687 petal1712 petalon1720 flower-leaf1727 leafit1830 leaflet1855 phyllode1874 1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 284 It is not composed of Petala, or tender fugacious coloured Leaves. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. xvi. 250 One..hooded Petalum, which is in the middle of a white colour, and within which are several Orange colour'd Stamina. 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 82 Three narrow separate leaves, of a pale-green colour, and almost of equal length with the petalum. 1796 W. Winterbotham Historical View U.S. 514 The flowers are large and fragrant, with lily-like petala. a1813 R. Kerr Gen. Hist. & Coll. Voy. & Trav. (1824) iii. i. 442 This..consists of fifteen long narrow petala. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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