pulvinulen.

Brit.

/ˈpʌlvᵻnjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈpəlvəˌn(j)ul/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulvinulus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin pulvinulus (see pulvinulus n.); compare -ule suffix. Compare pulvinulus n.R. G. Mayne (see 1858 at sense 1) apparently misquotes Acharius, who does not use a feminine form *pulvinula.

†1. Botany. = pulvinulus n. 1. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1044/1 Pulvinula..term by Acharius for filaments,..often imitating small bushes or cushions, which are raised from the superior surface of the thallus of certain lichens, as the Parmelia glomulifera: a pulvinule.

†2. Mycology. A cluster of spores. Cf. pulvinulus n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

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1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 628 The pulvinules (clusters of powdery spores) are identical with those which the stylospores of Æcidium originate.

1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi (1875) 39 There is great variability in the compactness of the spores in the sori, or pulvinules.

3. Botany. An enlargement at the base of a petiolule; a small pulvinus.

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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > petiole or leaf-stalk > [noun] > pulvinule or struma

pulvinus1832

struma1832

pulvinule1919

pulvinulus1991

1919 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 90 394 The excitability of the pulvinule is thus greater on the upper side in Mimosa and on the lower side of Biophytum and Averrhoa.

1928 E. Hughes-Gibb Life-force in Plant World vii. 153 Upon scratching or irritating the pulvinule of the terminal leaflet of either of these beans on its under-side, a downward movement very slowly begins.

1975 Nature 6 Mar. 69/2 Studies of the pulvinule cells at the base of the leaflets of clover.

1991 Botanica Acta 104 144 Specialized ‘joints’, at the distal and proximal ends of each pulvinule, contribute most to its flexing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulvinule
释义	pulvinulen. Brit. /ˈpʌlvᵻnjuːl/, U.S. /ˈpəlvəˌn(j)ul/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulvinulus. Etymology: < scientific Latin pulvinulus (see pulvinulus n.); compare -ule suffix. Compare pulvinulus n.R. G. Mayne (see 1858 at sense 1) apparently misquotes Acharius, who does not use a feminine form *pulvinula. †1. Botany. = pulvinulus n. 1. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1044/1 Pulvinula..term by Acharius for filaments,..often imitating small bushes or cushions, which are raised from the superior surface of the thallus of certain lichens, as the Parmelia glomulifera: a pulvinule. †2. Mycology. A cluster of spores. Cf. pulvinulus n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 628 The pulvinules (clusters of powdery spores) are identical with those which the stylospores of Æcidium originate. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi (1875) 39 There is great variability in the compactness of the spores in the sori, or pulvinules. 3. Botany. An enlargement at the base of a petiolule; a small pulvinus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > petiole or leaf-stalk > [noun] > pulvinule or struma pulvinus1832 struma1832 pulvinule1919 pulvinulus1991 1919 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 90 394 The excitability of the pulvinule is thus greater on the upper side in Mimosa and on the lower side of Biophytum and Averrhoa. 1928 E. Hughes-Gibb Life-force in Plant World vii. 153 Upon scratching or irritating the pulvinule of the terminal leaflet of either of these beans on its under-side, a downward movement very slowly begins. 1975 Nature 6 Mar. 69/2 Studies of the pulvinule cells at the base of the leaflets of clover. 1991 Botanica Acta 104 144 Specialized ‘joints’, at the distal and proximal ends of each pulvinule, contribute most to its flexing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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