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nuci-|ˈnjuːsɪ|
combining form of L. nux, nucis, nut, as in nuˈciferous a., bearing nuts. ˈnuciform a. [= F. and Sp. nuciforme], nut-shaped. ˈnucifrage, the Nutcracker (Cent. Dict. 1890). nuˈcifragous a., given to cracking nuts (ibid.). † ˈnuciprune, a fruit having the character of nut and plum; hence † nucipruˈniferous a., bearing fruit of this kind. nuciˈtannic a., in n. acid, = nuciˈtannin (see quot.). nuˈcivorous a. [= F. nucivore, Sp. nucivoro], nut-eating.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. 116 *Nuciferous trees, may be distinguished into such as are Europæan; conteining in one common husk One Nut [etc.]. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 119/1 Nuciferous Trees..bear Fruit in hard husks. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 450 It is different from ours, being of the nuciferous kind.
1857A. Gray First Less. Bot. (1866) 223 *Nuciform, nut-shaped or nut-like. [Hence in 1864 Webster and later Dicts.]
1677Grew Anat. Fruits iii. §8. 185 A Walnut, is a *Nuciprune; or betwixt a Plum and a Nut.
1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 621 That *Nucipruniferous, which in Barbados they call the Mastick-Tree.
1892Syd. Soc. Lex., *Nucitannic, relating to a nut and to tannin. 1894Foster Med. Dict., Nucitannic Acid, a glucoside occurring in the episperm of walnuts.
1892Syd. Soc. Lex., *Nucitannin, a peculiar form of tannin found by Phipson, along with gallic and ellagic acids, in the outer layer of the episperm of the walnut.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xxiv. 514 The great majority [of Mammalians] are said to be granivorous, or *nucivorous, or even graminivorous. |