| 单词 | plank buttress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplank buttress plank buttress n. Botany a buttress root forming a broad, flat growth at the base of the trunk in certain tropical trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > root > buttress-root buttress1759 buttress root1851 root swelling1851 plank buttress1903 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. i. 304 Much more frequently these buttresses assume the form of plank-like outgrowths of the base of the trunk and of the uppermost roots, and they may be termed plank-buttresses. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest i. 4 Plank buttresses..are a highly characteristic feature of rain-forest trees. 1999 Jrnl. Ecol. 87 318/2 Woody lianes, plank buttresses and vascular epiphytes are common. < as lemmas |
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