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单词 vaginate
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vaginateadj.

Brit. /ˈvadʒᵻnət/, /ˈvadʒᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈvædʒənət/, /ˈvædʒəˌneɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin vaginatus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin vaginatus sheathed (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin vāgīna sheath (see vagina n.) + -ātus -ate suffix2. Compare earlier vaginate v., vaginated adj.
Chiefly Botany.
Enclosed in a sheath (cf. vagina n. 2). Occasionally also: formed into a sheath.
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thick-skinned1545
investing1615
vaginal1653
sheathed1664
cortical1677
vaginated1770
vaginate1777
tegumental1822
tegumentary1828
calycine1872
walled1875
tunicary1900
1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 148 Root fibroso-fasciculate, stem vaginate, lowest petal bifid.
1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 190 Penis vaginate simple, with a small posterior accessory part.
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 20 379 The basal region of the scale soon becomes vaginate in form and shows no clear distinction into hypopodial and mesopodial regions.
2002 Kew Bull. 57 487 Davilla papyracea Aymard, a new species with vaginate and winged petioles, from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil is described and illustrated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

vaginatev.

Brit. /ˈvadʒᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈvædʒəˌneɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin vaginat-, vaginare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin vaginat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of vaginare to sheathe (15th cent. in a British glossarial source; 1588 or earlier in contextual use) < classical Latin vāgīna vagina n. Compare vaginate adj.
Chiefly Botany.
transitive. To sheathe; spec. to surround (a part of plant) with a sheath. Usually in passive.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vaginate, to sheath.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 402 These [Leaves] stand on longer or shorter Footstalks, sheathed at the Base, those above are wholly vaginated (or sheathed) and come trifoliate at every Joynt.
1790 J. Bolton Filices Britannicae II. 61 These third leaves, like the first and second, are jointed and vaginated.
a1845 W. Griffith Posthumous Papers bequeathed East India Company (1851) III. 182 The leaves like those of the others are only pseudo verticillate, one produces a pistillum, the other vaginates the continuation of the axis, the third produces a branch.
1862 F. Mueller Plants Colony Victoria 169 Radicle descending, vaginated by the endopleura.
2009 Taxon 58 498/1 In several species of Macrocarpaea the petiole's upper side is vaginated into a shorter or longer furrow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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