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单词 quinquefid
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quinquefidadj.

Brit. /ˈkwɪŋkwᵻfɪd/, U.S. /ˈkwɪŋkwəˌfɪd/
Forms: 1700s–1800s quinquifid, 1700s– quinquefid.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quinquifidus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinquifidus divided into five (6th cent.), (of a leaf) divided into five sections (1687 or earlier) < classical Latin quīnque- quinque- comb. form + -fīdus -fid comb. form. Compare French quinquéfide (1783 or earlier).
Chiefly Botany. Now rare.
Esp. of a leaf, calyx, etc.: divided in five sections to about halfway; five-cleft. Cf. quinquepartite adj. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > divided, segmented, slashed, or lobed
lobated1703
quinquefid1703
lobousa1722
biparted1725
tripartite1753
lobate1760
octofid1760
septemfid1777
parted1785
triquadrifid1833
rimiform1837
slashed1839
lobulate1862
bipartite1864
palmilobed1876
pentafid1882
segmented1883
lobose1885
torn1888
triquinate1891
sectile1899
1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1425 The calyx is quinquifid and hoary.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 297 Their common characters are a quinquefid calyx.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §148 [Simple leaves] may be..trifid, quinquefid, septemfid, multifid.
1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. New Eng. 55 Fore foot quinquefid, rather digitigrade.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 711 The..true calyx is one-leafed..with an obtusely quinquifid Margin.
1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 563/1 They [sc. divisions] extend down the calyx as fissures about halfway, the calyx being trifid (three-cleft), quinquefid (five-cleft), &c.
1969 Taxon 18 466/2 Still later..he [sc. Linnaeus] had P. fruticosa as the only species of his third group of Portulaca, characterized by a quinquefid calyx.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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