单词 | prolified |
释义 | † prolifiedadj. Botany. Obsolete. rare. = proliferous adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds gemmedc1420 embudded1523 budded1552 pullulant1558 budding1561 buddy1598 knotted1626 pullulating1666 in (the) knota1670 proliferous1674 prolified1866 proligerous1890 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 530/1 The Water-avens, G[eum] rivale,..is frequently found in a prolified state, that is, with a branch or a second flower in the centre of the original one. 1880 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 7 68 The so-called calyx-tube of these plants is merely a concave and inverted thalamus, which, in prolified specimens, becomes elongated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1866 |
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