释义 |
gerontogeous, a.|dʒərɒntəʊˈdʒiːəs| Also -gæous. [f. Gr. γεροντ-, γέρων old man + γαῖα, γῆ earth + -ous.] Of plants, etc.: Belonging to the Old World (i.e. the eastern hemisphere).
1880Gray Struct. Bot. 413/1 Gerontogœous [sic], belonging to the Old World. 1884in Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Gerontogeous. 1885in Syd. Soc. Lex., Gerontogæous. |