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单词 botriform
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botriformadj.

Brit. /ˈbɒtrᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈbɑtrəˌfɔrm/
Forms: 1700s– botriform, 1700s– botryform.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin botriformis, botryformis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin botriformis (1684 or earlier; also botryformis) < ancient Greek βότρυς bunch of grapes (see botryoid adj.) + classical Latin -formis -form comb. form2.With botriform glands (compare quots. 1737, 1793) compare post-classical Latin glandulae botryformes , plural noun (1736 or earlier). In quot. 1805 translating German traubig, lit. ‘grape-like’ (1805 in this sense, in the passage translated, or earlier).
rare.
Resembling a bunch of grapes; = botryoidal adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec. > a number joined together
botryoida1728
botriform1737
botryoidal1748
uvelloid1880
1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. of Venereal Dis. II. 11 In Women, in the Prostates, Cowper's Glands, and the Botryform Glands of the Vaginae [L. botryformibus vaginae glandulis], claim the first and chiefest rank of affinity.
1793 H. St. J. Neale Pract. Observ. Venereal Complaints (ed. 6) 158 The glands of the vagina, what the anatomists of old called the Botriform glands, claim the first and peculiar rank of affinity.
1805 T. Weaver tr. A. G. Werner Treat. Fossils 84 Rounded particular forms, as botriform, globular, kidney-form.
1821 T. Weaver in Ann. Philos. New Ser. 2 407 Stalactiform and botriform calcsinter is found incidentally between the strata.
1958 Trop. Woods No. 109 75 Tree growing near No. 54; fruit present, in loose botryform clusters, perhaps yellow when ripe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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