释义 |
an·ten·nar·ia \ˌan.ˌteˈna(a)rēə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin antenna + New Latin -aria; from the resemblance of the pappus of the staminate flowers to the antennae of certain insects : a genus of woolly or hoary herbs (family Compositae) that are natives mostly of temperate regions and have small whitish discoid flower heads and a pappus formed of club-shaped bristles — see cat's-foot |