单词 | rhizomatous |
释义 | rhizomatousadj. Botany. Of the nature of a rhizome; having or characterized by the possession of a rhizome; of or relating to a rhizome or rhizomes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having or not having roots rootlessa1413 rooty?c1475 well-rooted1577 rooted1712 rooting1731 radicant1753 rhizomatous1812 own-root1881 rhizogenetic1884 rhizogenic1884 1812 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) IV. 53/1 The preceding details refer, as is sufficiently obvious, exclusively to those roots which Willdenow calls rhizomatous. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 210 Filiceæ. Leafy, perennial plants, often rhizomatous. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 186 In germinating the radicle [of mistletoe] penetrates the bark, forming a kind of rhizomatous root. 1900 Field 23 June 903 Another North American species [of lily], with peculiar creeping rhizomatous bulbs. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. iv. 84 Most rhizomatous plants tend to be weeds, while a rather greater proportion of the stolon-bearers are useful. 1974 Nature 19 Apr. 639/2 Some plants..are reduced to a creeping, rhizomatous growth with a few leafy shoots. 2002 Water Gardener July 22 These perennials are clump-forming with rhizomatous roots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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