单词 | polysepalous |
释义 | polysepalousadj. Botany. Of a calyx or involucre: having the parts (sepals or bracts) separate, not united. Opposed to gamosepalous, monosepalous. 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 calyx > of, having, or positioned near sepals two-sepalled1821 polysepalous1829 tetrasepalous1829 monosepalous1830 sepaloid1830 trisepalous1830 valvate1830 synsepalous1847 sepaline1857 tripaleolate1866 antisepalous1878 1829 P. Clinton tr. A. Richard New Elem. Bot. (ed. 4) 269 The polysepalous calyx is generally caducous. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. ii. 425 Both floral envelopes present, the outer being monosepalous or polysepalous, free or united to the ovary. 1881 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 17 248/1 The calyx is polysepalous and inferior; the corolla is polypetalous and hypogynous. 1941 New Phytologist 40 154 Phyllody in the calyx..is described most frequently among families where the calyx is polysepalous. 1994 Q. Rev. Biol. 69 580/1 Some Acanthaceae and Martyniaceae are polysepalous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829 |
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