单词 | phytographic |
释义 | phytographicadj. Now rare. Of or relating to the description of plants. Also: phytogeographic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [adjective] > descriptive phytographic1693 phytographical1828 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 618 A new Set of Phytographic Tables. 1870 F. von Mueller in E. Cooper Forest Culture & Eucalyptus Trees (1876) 126 The complex of vegetation is always an indicator of the soil and climate; as such alone, plants deserve close study. In this instance it reveals untold treasures, and yet, without phytographic knowledge they could never be understood. 1888 Nature 5 July 220/1 The introductory narrative..enables a phytographic botanist to apprehend the nature of the country [sc. Afghanistan] and climate. 1917 Science 28 Dec. 629/1 All this phalanx comprises in itself a large section of the vegetable kingdom..and it demands the attention of the best phytographic and taxonomic investigation. 1989 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 76 600/2 This type of attachment of the posterolateral (stylar) traces to the pistil plexus below the ovule can be described well by the phytographic term from the Lamiales: gynobasic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1693 |
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