单词 | ranal |
释义 | ranaladj.n. Botany. A. adj. Originally (in J. Lindley's terminology): †designating or belonging to the alliance Ranales (see sense B.) (obsolete). In later use: = Ranalian adj. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > plant or class characterized by sex of flowers ranal1836 Ranalian1909 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 73 It is here that we pass on the one hand into the Ranal alliance of the albuminous group. 1839 T. Baskerville Affinities of Plants 73 We shall find there a collection of orders constituting the Ranal and Anonal alliances. 1897 Bot. Gaz. 24 171 Early predominance of aphanasis in the ranal phylum soon gave rise to the apetalous laurels..and nutmegs..from the buttercup type. 1904 Bot. Gaz. 37 333 I examined a number of seedlings—all from the Ranales—in which the cotyledons are partially united. The simplification of structure was found to reduce the vascular symmetry of the ranal seedling. In J. Lindley's terminology: a plant of the alliance Ranales, a group of families of primitive dicotyledonous plants including the poppy family, buttercup family, and several others. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 416 A clear case of transition to the Erical Alliance seems also to be established by the genus Sauraija, which to the disunited styles of Ranals and their indefinite stamens, adds the minute indefinite seeds..and monopetalous corolla of Heathworts themselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1836 |
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