| 单词 | seed bud |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed bud seed bud n. †(a) the embryo plant within a seed; cf. germ n. 2b (obsolete rare); (b) the part of the pistil which ultimately forms the fruit; the ovary; cf. germen n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > ovary seed bud1721 ovarium1724 seed nest1727 ovary1731 germ1758 germen1759 ovulary1898 1721 R. Bradley tr. G. A. Agricola Philos. Treat. Husbandry 73 The Seed-buds or Germes..have in 'em the whole Form of the Tree. 1770 C. Milne Bot. Dict. at Ensatæ The Seed-bud is sometimes placed above the flower..; sometimes below it. 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 11 July 8/3 Cut back all the flowering stalks; do not let one rose form a seed bud, as that process exhausts the roots more than any other. 1919 H. W. Mabie et al. Sci., Invention, & Plant Life Young Folks Treasury 8 450 Let us look once more at the pistil of the buttercup, in which the tiny seed buds lie waiting—waiting for the magic touch of the pollen grains to move them to life. 2008 A. Beeby & A.-M. Brennan First Ecol. (ed. 3) iv. 111/1 She then flies to another flower and lays eggs in its seed buds. < as lemmas |
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