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单词 bignoniaceous
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bignoniaceousadj.

Brit. /ˌbɪɡnəʊnɪˈeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌbɪɡnoʊniˈeɪʃəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: bignonia n., -aceous suffix.
Etymology: < bignonia n. + -aceous suffix, after scientific Latin Bignoniaceae, family name ( R. Brown Prodromus Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ et Insulæ Van-Diemens (1810) 470). Compare French bignoniacées, plural noun (1816).
Botany.
Belonging to or characteristic of the family Bignoniaceae of dicotyledonous plants (comprising mainly tropical and subtropical American lianas, trees, and shrubs), of which Bignonia is the type genus.
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1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. xix. 513 This bignoniaceous plant grows spontaneously, and in great abundance, near Maypures.
1891 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18 44 Another was a Bignoniaceous species, named Argylia.
1942 Jrnl. Ecol. 30 123 We may find the enormous scarlet flowers of Ferdinandia magnifica, a Bignoniaceous tree fairly common on the coast.
1976 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 63 180/1 A large number of flowers produced over a timespan of several weeks or even months..is the generalized bignoniaceous phenology.
1999 Ann. Bot. 84 450/1 Here we report LSI [= late-acting self incompatibility] in two bignoniaceous species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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