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单词 adelphic
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adelphicadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adelphicus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin adelphicus (1793 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀδελϕικός brotherly (or sisterly) < ἀδελϕός brother (see adelphous adj.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier adelphous adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăde·lfik) /əˈdɛlfɪk/.
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= adelphous adj.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Adelphic, in Botany, having the staments into a parcel or parcels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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