| 单词 | prefloration | 
| 释义 | preflorationn. Botany. Now rare.   The folded arrangement of petals and sepals within an unexpanded flower; = aestivation n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > 			[noun]		 > flower-bud > aestivation aestivation1783 prefloration1832 1832    J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 409  				The term estivation, or præfloration, is applied to the parts of the flower when unexpanded. 1857    A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 98  				The arrangement of the floral envelopes in the bud, the aestivation or præfloration, is a subject of great importance in systematic botany. 1880    A. Gray Struct. Bot. iv. §2 132  				Vernation and Æstivation—Præfoliation and Præfloration are etymologically better terms substituted by Richard. 1935    New Phytologist 34 122  				The prefloration of the sepals separates the order from the Guttiferae, Theaceae, and allied families. 2002    Biochem. & Systematics Ecol. 30 46  				Considering the prefloration of Nicotinianeae and Salpiglossideae being contorted-conduplicate and differing from Schwenckieae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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