polycladousadj.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪklədəs/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪklədəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύκλαδος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύκλαδος having many branches ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + κλάδος branch: see clade n.²) + -ous suffix. Compare polycladose adj.

Botany. Now rare.

Having many, or more than the normal number of, branches; displaying polyclady.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. XVI. 4601/1 Polycladous, in bot., much-branched.

1925 Genetics 10 2 Polycladous males [of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos] are distinguished by crowded and variously formed lateral lobes..; by irregular, often profuse branching, which suggested the designation of ‘polycladous’.

1940 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67 473 There is no linkage between the sex and polycladous factors and..the reduction occurs in the first division.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polycladous
释义	polycladousadj. Brit. /pəˈlɪklədəs/, U.S. /pəˈlɪklədəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύκλαδος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύκλαδος having many branches ( < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + κλάδος branch: see clade n.²) + -ous suffix. Compare polycladose adj. Botany. Now rare. Having many, or more than the normal number of, branches; displaying polyclady. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. XVI. 4601/1 Polycladous, in bot., much-branched. 1925 Genetics 10 2 Polycladous males [of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos] are distinguished by crowded and variously formed lateral lobes..; by irregular, often profuse branching, which suggested the designation of ‘polycladous’. 1940 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67 473 There is no linkage between the sex and polycladous factors and..the reduction occurs in the first division. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1890
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