| 单词 | sclerophylly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscleˈrophylly scleˈrophylly n. the fact of being sclerophyllous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that likes or tolerates a dry habitat > condition of flourishing in dryness xerophily1878 xerophytism1900 sclerophylly1903 xeromorphy1909 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. 9 With increasing physiological dryness, the leaves become smaller in surface but proportionally thicker, more leathery (sclerophylly). 1909 E. Warming et al. Oecol. Plants xlvi. 194 Sclerophylly is frequent and is due to thickness of the epidermal wall, as in Adromeda polifolia. 1973 J. Wieser tr. Walter Vegetation of Earth iv. iii. 121 The ecological significance of sclerophylly is..to be seen in the ability of sclerophyllous species to conduct active gaseous exchange..in the presence of an adequate water supply, but to cut it down radically by shutting the stomata when water is scarce. < as lemmas |
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