单词 | pratal |
释义 | prataladj. Botany. Now rare. In H. C. Watson's terminology: of or relating to a plant that grows in meadows or lush grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing in meadow, pasture, heath, or hedgerow pascual1656 pratal1847 septal1847 ericetal1876 1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 65 The proposed series of terms runs thus:—1. Pratal.—Plants of meadows, or rich and damp grass-land [etc.]. 1863 J. G. Baker N. Yorks. Stud. 183 To designate the different kinds of locality we may employ a series of adjectives such as sylvestral, pratal, pascual, ericetal. 1883 A. Fryer in Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 375 No hard and fast line can be drawn between Pascual and Pratal plants. 1932 G. C. Druce Comital Flora Brit. Isles 69 Meadow Crane's-bill. Pratal. British. Meadows, grassy road-borders. 1953 Jrnl. Ecol. 41 282 The greater abundance of F[estuca] rubra is perhaps accounted for by its pratal preference. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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