单词 | actinomorphy |
释义 | actinomorphyn. Botany. The state of being actinomorphic (radially symmetrical); the condition of having radially symmetrical flowers. ΚΠ 1895 M. C. Potter tr. E. Warming Handbk. Systematic Bot. Pref. p. vi Zygomorphy is younger than Actinomorphy. 1940 T. A. Sprague in J. Huxley New Systematics 444 Other biological progressions in the Angiosperms generally accepted by taxonomists are those from the hermaphrodite flower to the unisexual one, from actinomorphy to zygomorphy and asymmetry,..and from a superior to an inferior ovary. 2004 New Phytologist 162 29/1 Members of Ixiodeae..possess a bilaterally symmetric corolla,..but there have been repeated reversals to actinomorphy associated with factors such as beetle and butterfly pollination. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1895 |
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