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单词 phytoid
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phytoidadj.n.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪtɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈfaɪˌtɔɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕυτόν , -oid suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕυτόν plant (see phyto- comb. form) + -oid suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ϕυτώδης plant-like.
Chiefly Biology. Now rare.
A. adj.
Esp. of an animal: plant-like.
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the world > plants > [adjective]
vegetablea1500
vegetive1526
vegetant?1553
plantlike1567
vegetable1582
vegetal1596
plantal1642
vegetative1662
veg1765
vegetably1834
phytoid1853
phytiform1890
1853 J. Leidy Flora & Fauna Living Animals in Smithsonian Contrib. Knowl. 5 ii. 40 Though not composed of organic cells, or their transformations, but only of the minutest granules.., yet their character is phytoid.
1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. II. 639/1 These discoveries were afterwards confirmed by Trembley, whose treatise on the structure and animal functions of the phytoid Hydræ and Plumatellæ of fresh water opened a new field of research.
1900 Proc. Royal Soc. Victoria (Electronic text) 12 162 Zoarium phytoid, dichotomously branching.
B. n.
A bud of a plant, as distinguished from a zooid of an invertebrate animal. Obsolete.
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1857 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Aug. 679/1 In plants, the homogenetic force produced buds (Phytoids), which were either like their parent branch buds (Isophytoids), or differed from it as bulbs, bulbilli, sporules, etc. (Allophytoids).
1860 Ladies' Repository Oct. 608/2 In such cases the energy of the plant seems to be spent mainly in enlarging its own dimensions, and in the production of buds and phytoids to continue the species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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