单词 | scarious |
释义 | scariousadj. 1. Botany. Having a dry and shrivelled appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [adjective] > dry or shrivelled scariose1785 scarious1804 1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. Expl. Terms Scarious [printed Sacrious, but alphabetized as Sc-], dry and rigid, as if dead. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Scarious Leaf, in botany. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 261 The scarious perianth by which the Order [Juncaceæ] is distinguished from Liliaceæ. 1882 G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 372 The corolla is thin and scarious. 2. Zoology. Dry, not fleshy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > dry or not fleshy scarious1861 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. 49 In some animals..the tongue is scarious cartilaginous, or provided with a corneous investment. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 47 When the harder sorts of either scutella or plates are roughened without obvious elevation, the leg is said to be scabrous or scarious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1804 |
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