tapetumn.

Brit.

/təˈpiːtəm/, U.S.

/təˈpidəm/

Etymology: Late and medieval Latin tapētum (plural tapēta in Probus), for Latin tapēte carpet.

1. Comparative Anatomy. An irregular sector of the choroid membrane in the eyes of certain animals (e.g. the cat), which shines owing to the absence of the black pigment; also tapetum lucidum or t. choroideæ.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > tissue of eye > membrane which shines

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1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 102 This Illumination he speaks of, is from the Tapetum in the bottom of the Eye.

1799 Monthly Rev. 30 146 The posterior half of a cat's eye..was immersed in a bason of water, and examined. The tapetum appeared very bright, the retina not having acquired sufficient opacity to become visible.

1869 H. Ussher in Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 270/3 A..shining appearance at the bottom of the eye, called the ‘tapetum’ or ‘carpet’.

2. Botany. The layer of epithelial cells which lines the inner wall of the sporangium in ferns, etc., or of the pollen-sac in flowering-plants.

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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > epidermis or cuticle

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1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 437 The inner cell again forms four tabular segments which are parallel to the outer parietal cells and which constitute the tapetum.

1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. iv. 171 The epithelium which lines the pollen-sac has been termed the Tapetum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tapetum
释义	tapetumn. Brit. /təˈpiːtəm/, U.S. /təˈpidəm/ Etymology: Late and medieval Latin tapētum (plural tapēta in Probus), for Latin tapēte carpet. 1. Comparative Anatomy. An irregular sector of the choroid membrane in the eyes of certain animals (e.g. the cat), which shines owing to the absence of the black pigment; also tapetum lucidum or t. choroideæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > tissue of eye > membrane which shines tapetum1713 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 102 This Illumination he speaks of, is from the Tapetum in the bottom of the Eye. 1799 Monthly Rev. 30 146 The posterior half of a cat's eye..was immersed in a bason of water, and examined. The tapetum appeared very bright, the retina not having acquired sufficient opacity to become visible. 1869 H. Ussher in Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 270/3 A..shining appearance at the bottom of the eye, called the ‘tapetum’ or ‘carpet’. 2. Botany. The layer of epithelial cells which lines the inner wall of the sporangium in ferns, etc., or of the pollen-sac in flowering-plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > epidermis or cuticle skina1398 cuticle1672 epidermis1813 epiderm1835 cortex1875 hypoderma1877 tapetum1882 sheath1884 hypodermis1898 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 437 The inner cell again forms four tabular segments which are parallel to the outer parietal cells and which constitute the tapetum. 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. iv. 171 The epithelium which lines the pollen-sac has been termed the Tapetum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713
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