单词 | round-leaved |
释义 | round-leavedadj. Having round leaves. Chiefly in the names of plants (see also Compounds).The number of varieties distinguished by this name is considerable; only a few are illustrated here.With quot. 1809 cf. broad-leaved adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular shape or size broad-leaved1552 long-leaved1562 narrow-leaved1578 round-leaved1597 small-leaved1597 long-leafed1629 rosemary-leaved1633 rue-leaved1633 teretifolious1657 cut-leaved1731 longleaf1733 channel-leaved1758 halberd-shaped1770 alder-leaved1772 oak-leaved1776 holly-leaved1777 ivy-leaved1789 halberd-headed1795 daisy-leaved1796 narrow-leaf1804 oblique-leaved1807 sword-leaved1807 wing-leaved1822 flaggy1842 curly1845 macrophyllous1857 parvifolious1857 shield-leaved1860 curled1861 symphyllous1877 beak-leaved188. stenophyllous1880 thread-leaved1884 megaphyllous1901 little leaf1908 ivy-leaf1909 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. lxxxii. 323 Round leafed Scuruie grasse is a lowe or base herbe: it bringeth foorth leaues vpon small stems or footestalks. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. xxi. 266 Round leaued Mustard hath many large leaues laid flat vpon the ground. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 120 Round leaved Oisterweed. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Mentha The Great Round-leaf'd Water-Mint, with a variegated Leaf. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 64 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Round leaved winter green. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 146 The lumberers..meaning by soft wood all the evergreens; and by hard wood all deciduous or as they call them round-leaved trees. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 37/2 The great round-leaved willow (salix caprea). 1880 F. G. Heath Sylvan Spring 412 Round-leaved Crane's-bill (Geranium rotundifolium) must be sought for in stony hedgebanks and old walls. 1901 A. Lounsberry Southern Wild Flowers & Trees 160 S[ilene] rotundifòlia, round-leaved catchfly, is found through Georgia and Kentucky from where it extends into southern Ohio. 1974 M. Page & W. T. Stearn Culinary Herbs (Wisley Handbk. 16) 33 Round-leaved Mint (M. suaveolens) is a stout vigorous species often known as Apple Mint or M. rotundifolia. 2009 B. V. Hemstad Wildflowers of Boundary Waters 127 I saw a round-leaved orchid that earned an eleven on a scale of one to ten. CompoundsΚΠ 1634 T. Johnson Mercurius Bot. 19 Round leaved water Pimpernell. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 312/2 Pimpernel, Round-leaved Water, Samolus. 1878 S. H. Miller & S. B. J. Skertchly Fenland x. 299 Round-leaved Water-Pimpernel. On Teversham, Hinton and Trumpington moors in the ditches, and by the Water-courses plentifully. round-leaved sundew n. the common sundew, Drosera rotundifolia, which has rounded leaves. ΚΠ 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora iv. 105 Round-leaved Sundew. Leaves orbiculate, stems naked. 1827 Time's Telescope: Guide to Almanack 260 The round leaved sundew, which is by far the most common, has reddish-coloured leaves about the size of a sixpence. 1929 Times 26 Sept. 15/6 In the moist bottom are colonies of the round-leaved sundew, its flat-laid racket-shaped leaves blackened with the wasted corpses of midges. 2003 Guardian 10 Mar. i. 10/5 The round-leaved sundew..could become Sutherland's emblem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597 |
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