单词 | physophorous |
释义 | † physophorousadj. Botany and Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Having a bladder-like part; spec. (a) (of a plant) having perianths which persist in a swollen state after the fruit have formed, as in certain members of the genus Suaeda; (b) (of a siphonophore) belonging to the former group Physophora. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 958/1 Physophorus, having or bearing bladders. The calices of the Schoberia physophora..swell into globes upon the fruits..: physophorous. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Physophoran A member of the order Physophoræ; a physophorous hydrozoan. 1890 Cent. Dict. Physophorous, same as physophoran. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1858 |
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