单词 | spadix |
释义 | spadixn. 1. Botany. A form of inflorescence consisting of a thick fleshy spike, closely set with flowers, and enclosed in a spathe; a succulent spike, whether enclosed in a spathe or not. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > spadix pestle1578 pistil1717 spadix1760 perichaetium1777 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. viii. 17 Spadix is the Receptacle of a Palm..produced within a Spatha, or Sheath, on the Branches that bear Fruit. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 112 All..growing upon a spadix. [Note] The spadix is the receptacle in this tribe, and has no English name. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2v The calyx of a spadix. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S2v Some flowers which have no spadix. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Flowers unisexual, arranged upon a naked spadix. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 204 Sterile and fertile spadices cylindrical. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 264 Round our feet are Arums, with snow-white spadixes and hoods. 1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants II. 17 They are often so deceived as to lay their eggs on the spadix. 2. Zoology. A part in cephalopods and hydrozoans having some analogy to a spadix in plants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > part analogous to a spadix spadix1871 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > analogous to spadix spadix1871 1871 G. J. Allman Monogr. Gymnoblastic Hydroids I. p. xv Spadix,..the hollow body which projects from the floor of the sporosac into its cavity, and round which the generative elements are developed. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 534 On the left side, the four tentacles of the posterior division..are converted into a peculiar organ termed the spadix. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 674/2 The spadix is in fact the hectocotylized portion of the fore-foot of the male Nautilus. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 762 The term ‘spadix’ is applied to the central closed endodermic structure representing the manubrial cavity in a gonophore or sporosac. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760 |
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