单词 | tetragonous |
释义 | tetragonousadj. Botany. Having four angles; = tetragonal adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having particular number sides or angles tetragonal1753 tetragonous1760 tetraquetrous1882 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxii. 122 Seed—A single one, oblong, often tetragonous. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 245 Convolvulus arvensis,..peduncle..4-gonous. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) App. 310 [Common Wheat] Inflorescence spicate,..tetragonous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1760 |
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