单词 | rhamnal |
释义 | rhamnaladj.n. Botany. rare. Now disused. In J. Lindley's terminology: designating or belonging to the Rhamnales, an alliance of plants consisting of the family Rhamnaceae and various other families considered to be related to it, as the Celastraceae, Sapotaceae, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [adjective] > of buckthorns or rhamnus genus rhamnal1836 rhamneous1845 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 174 It is not impossible that it may turn out, when [it is] more known, to be an apetalous polyspermous form of the Rhamnal alliance. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 576 Rhamnales.—The Rhamnal Alliance. 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) I. 140/2 They are included amongst rhamnal Exogens, and are also allied to Thymelaceæ. B. n. A plant of this alliance or of the later order Rhamnales. ΚΠ 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 576 The only distinction between this Alliance and Daphnals consists in the compound ovary of Rhamnals. 1867 tr. L. Figuier Veg. World ii. 458 (heading) Rhamnals. 1904 Amer. Botanist 6 47 It appears that all the Rhamnals of the Pacific Coast have strong medicinal qualities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1836 |
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