单词 | polyandrous |
释义 | polyandrousadj. 1. Botany. Originally: †(in the Linnaean artificial system) designating, characteristic of, or belonging to the class Polyandria (obsolete). Later: having numerous stamens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement castrate1704 syngenesious1753 pentandrious1754 pentandrous1757 polyandrous1757 polyadelphous1778 triandrious1786 polyandrian1787 gynandrian1791 monadelphous1806 monandrous1806 tetrandrous1806 perigynous1807 octandrousa1815 pleurogynous1819 hypogynous1821 icosandrian1828 octandrian1828 pentandrian1828 polyadelphian1828 tetradynamian1828 hexandrous1830 pentadelphous1830 tetradynamous1830 triadelphous1830 triandrous1830 icosandrous1836 corollifloral1839 indefinite1839 oligandrous1851 isadelphous1855 thalamifloral1857 thalamiflorous1857 phalangiform1858 polyandrious1858 allagostemonous1879 corolliflorous1880 obdiplostemonous1882 hypogynic1886 octandrious1890 Monadelphic1959 polyandric1976 1757 J. Hill Eden ii. 17/1 We have before observed, that when the Threads are numerous, and in this Situation, the Plant belongs to the Polyandrous Class. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 259 In this order..there are polyandrous species: a remarkable anomaly in monocotyledons, which rarely exceed the number 6 in their stamens. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 367 Flowers 1-sexual, polyandrous... Sagittaria. 1901 D. Oliver First Bk. Indian Bot. i. vi. 64 Of the stamens..it is important to note the number..and not simply to write polyandrous when the stamens are free, whatever their number may be. 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 28 669/1 The genus Crataeva... Their flowers have a tetramerous calyx and corolla, polyandrous androecium and stipitate ovary. 2002 Bot. Rev. (Nexis) 68 545 In Loasaceae, the polyandrous genera do not form a monophyletic group. 2. a. Practising, relating to, or involving polyandry; having more than one husband or male sexual partner. Cf. polygynous adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy > relating to or practising polyandry polyandrian1809 polyandrous1855 polyandric1856 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. xiii. 170 [It] was agreed that she, being a person of polyandrous propensities, could support the weight of at least three matrimonial engagements. 1862 J. Brown Let. May (1912) 197 That dark-eyed, swarthy, and slim man..marrying that blue-eyed, soft, and white-skinned Teut, polyandrous and heartless. 1882 Athenæum 22 Apr. 501/3 The existence of the ancient, uncivilized, and polyandrous forms of the family. 1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. i. 5 People..still polyandrous or promiscuous in the relation of the sexes. 1947 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 12 730/2 Among the Marquesans, a polyandrous society, sex is used as a compensation for insecurities relating to [etc.]. 1994 Esquire June 74/2 At night her retinue of polyandrous callers kept unbosoming themselves in her ear. b. Zoology. Characterized by polyandry; having more than one male mate. Cf. polygynous adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > female > having more than one male mate polyandrous1885 polyandric1991 1885 Academy 6 June 395/3 He also records a polyandrous species among the birds. 1904 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 495 Cuckoos are probably polyandrous. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 463 Since a well-filled nest contains 120–150 eggs, it seems probable that if the male [stickleback] is polygynous, the female is polyandrous. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ii. iii. 54/2 Primate species living in monogamous or polyandrous social groups (one female with one or more males) can be distinguished..by their dimorphism in body size..and relative canine size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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