单词 | pseudocostate |
释义 | > as lemmaspseudocostate pseudocostate adj. Brit. , U.S. [compare scientific Latin pseudocostatum ( J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1832) ii. ii. 93)] †(a) Botany (of a leaf) having veins that are confluent so as to form a marginal or intramarginal vein (obsolete rare); (b) chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology having a structure or structures that resemble costae or ribs; esp. (of a coral) having pseudocostae.ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 933/2 Pseudocostate, having the curved and external veins, both or either, in a reticulated leaf, confluent into a line parallel with the margin, as in many Myrtaceæ. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudocostate... 2. Having pseudocostæ, as a coral. 1932 Jrnl. Paleontol. 6 254/1 The distinguishing features are the small calices and the echinulate, pseudocostate surface of the coenenchyme. 1971 Micropaleontology 17 387/1 Some species [of acritarch] may have regularly spaced granules, and these may be aligned in definite rows to present a pseudocostate appearance. < as lemmas |
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