单词 | cataphyllary |
释义 | cataphyllaryadj. Botany. cataphyllary leaves n. the colourless or brownish scales found on various parts of plants, esp. underground, regarded as modifications of foliage-leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [noun] > scale-leaves or bracts coma1669 chaff1776 cataphyllary leaves1875 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. i. iii. 193 Scale- or ‘Cataphyllary-Leaves’ are usually produced on underground shoots..although they also frequently occur above ground, especially as an envelope to the winter-buds of woody plants (as the horse-chestnut, oak, etc.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1875 |
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