rock plantn.

Brit.

/ˈrɒk plɑːnt/,

/ˈrɒk plant/, U.S.

/ˈrɑk ˌplænt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, plant n.¹

Etymology: < rock n.¹ + plant n.¹

†1. A fossil originally supposed from its appearance to be a petrified plant, but later identified as a fossilized animal; esp. a fossil crinoid. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > variety or species > [noun] > fossil or petrified plant

rock plant1673

stone-plant1676

phytolite1794

phytolith1895

1673 M. Lister Let. 4 Nov. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 326 Generally ye outmost Circle of each joint is flat & smooth; yet are there many other differences to be noted as to yt part: Very probably because they are Parts or Pieces of different Species of rock-Plants.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 68 Our ordinary Star-stones and Trochites, which I look upon as a sort of Rock-Plants.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Saint Cuthbert's Beads They..have been so far mistaken, by authors, as to be supposed a sort of rock plants.

1834 E. Moor Oriental Fragments 267 It has been a question whether such zoophitic remains were mineral, animal, or vegetable; a question which science may now answer—but it has been a question; and the E[ntrochus] ramosus has been called ‘the rock-plant’.

1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 530 A[ctinocrinites] triacontadactylus, Thirty-fingered, Radiated, Lily-shaped Animal (Miller); Rock-Plant (Beaumont); Nave Encrinite (Parkinson). A crinoid animal with a round column formed of many joints.

2. A plant that grows on or among rocks.

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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > growing on or among stone or rock

rock herb1626

rock plant1694

rupestral1847

ruderal1873

stone-plant1883

lithophyte1895

chasmophyte1900

vertical1902

chomophyte1909

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 58 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The Rock-plant, with but one leaf.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Apium The Flower Stalk of this Rock Plant rises about two Foot high.

1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 107 Rock-work is often introduced artificially in parts of pleasure grounds..in which is introduced various sorts of rock plants, both of the shrubby and herbaceous tribe.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 884 Mountain or rock plants only should be introduced on artificial rock-work.

1884 Gardening Illustr. 8 Nov. 426/1 Rock Plants..have suffered considerably from the long-continued drought.

1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 157 Rauhuia,..a good rock-plant with its long soft-leafed branchlets white-tipped like huia-feathers.

2000 Willdenowia 30 295 Arabis lycia is a rock plant of the subalpine belt.

3. English regional (south-western). The stonecrop, Sedum acre. rare.

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1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 48 Rock Plant, Sedum acre, L.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rock plant
释义	rock plantn. Brit. /ˈrɒk plɑːnt/, /ˈrɒk plant/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌplænt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, plant n.¹ Etymology: < rock n.¹ + plant n.¹ †1. A fossil originally supposed from its appearance to be a petrified plant, but later identified as a fossilized animal; esp. a fossil crinoid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > variety or species > [noun] > fossil or petrified plant rock plant1673 stone-plant1676 phytolite1794 phytolith1895 1673 M. Lister Let. 4 Nov. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 326 Generally ye outmost Circle of each joint is flat & smooth; yet are there many other differences to be noted as to yt part: Very probably because they are Parts or Pieces of different Species of rock-Plants. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 68 Our ordinary Star-stones and Trochites, which I look upon as a sort of Rock-Plants. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Saint Cuthbert's Beads They..have been so far mistaken, by authors, as to be supposed a sort of rock plants. 1834 E. Moor Oriental Fragments 267 It has been a question whether such zoophitic remains were mineral, animal, or vegetable; a question which science may now answer—but it has been a question; and the E[ntrochus] ramosus has been called ‘the rock-plant’. 1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 530 A[ctinocrinites] triacontadactylus, Thirty-fingered, Radiated, Lily-shaped Animal (Miller); Rock-Plant (Beaumont); Nave Encrinite (Parkinson). A crinoid animal with a round column formed of many joints. 2. A plant that grows on or among rocks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > growing on or among stone or rock rock herb1626 rock plant1694 rupestral1847 ruderal1873 stone-plant1883 lithophyte1895 chasmophyte1900 vertical1902 chomophyte1909 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 58 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The Rock-plant, with but one leaf. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Apium The Flower Stalk of this Rock Plant rises about two Foot high. 1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 107 Rock-work is often introduced artificially in parts of pleasure grounds..in which is introduced various sorts of rock plants, both of the shrubby and herbaceous tribe. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 884 Mountain or rock plants only should be introduced on artificial rock-work. 1884 Gardening Illustr. 8 Nov. 426/1 Rock Plants..have suffered considerably from the long-continued drought. 1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 157 Rauhuia,..a good rock-plant with its long soft-leafed branchlets white-tipped like huia-feathers. 2000 Willdenowia 30 295 Arabis lycia is a rock plant of the subalpine belt. 3. English regional (south-western). The stonecrop, Sedum acre. rare. ΚΠ 1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 48 Rock Plant, Sedum acre, L. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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