英语词汇“cyathium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cyathium

/sʌɪˈaθɪəm

noun (plural cyathia /sʌɪˈaθɪə/) Botany

The characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. It consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower.All are tree Euphorbias, have minute sessile leaves and yellowish cyathia but differ in other respects....

A commonly encountered cluster of three cyathia with a mixed sexual orientation is called a cyme.
That means that there are plants that produce only male cyathia and others that produce only female ones.

Origin

Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos 'cup'.

单词	cyathium
释义	cyathium /sʌɪˈaθɪəm / noun (plural cyathia /sʌɪˈaθɪə/) Botany The characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. It consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower.All are tree Euphorbias, have minute sessile leaves and yellowish cyathia but differ in other respects.... A commonly encountered cluster of three cyathia with a mixed sexual orientation is called a cyme. That means that there are plants that produce only male cyathia and others that produce only female ones. Origin Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos 'cup'.
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