单词 | callitriche |
释义 | callitrichen. A water starwort; a plant of the genus Callitriche. Also (in form Callitriche): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water starwort starwort1597 callitriche1601 water star1816 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxv. xi. 232 The hearbe Callitriche, is singular good to provoke sneezing [L. fit et ex callitriche sternumentum]. 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 176 Stems and leaves of Callitriche so matted together, as they float on the water, as to bear a person walking on them. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 166/1 A few obscure floating species, all of which belong to the genus Callitriche. 1856 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 3) 154 Some of the more delicate pond-weeds; such as Callitriche, Potamogeton pusillum, and..the beautiful Water-Milfoil. 1882 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 34 Degraded blossoms like glasswort, callitriche and pondweed. 1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. ix. 257/1 These are followed further downstream by species of pondweed.., water-starwort (Callitriche) and..Vallisneria. 2004 C. Erbar & P. Leins in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants VII. 50/1 The growth form of Callitriche is terrestrial, amphibious or obligately submersed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1601 |
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