单词 | abortient |
释义 | † abortientadj. Botany. Obsolete. = abortive adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > types of growth unthriftyc1440 unthriving1600 abortive1601 stunted1719 abortient1768 stockeda1796 hypertrophic1832 accretionary1841 accretional1843 homonomous1854 stasimorphic1869 geomalic1880 homoeotic1894 concrescent1902 infantilistic1930 1768 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XIII. 35 The Cup is thick and annular at the base, with narrow, deciduous, and often abortient segments. 1796 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. (ed. 2) Barren (sterilis) flower, not capable of bearing seed, which the abortient flower might have done in favourable circumstances. 1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 No. 523 A small bulb is contained in the outer valve of the spathe,..which Jacquin considered as an abortient flower. 1824 N. Wallich in W. Carey Roxburgh's Flora Indica II. 401 Some of the seeds abortient. 1846 Brit. Florist 6 120 Abortient, abortive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1768 |
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