contabescentadj.

/kɒntəˈbɛsənt/

Etymology: modern < Latin contābēscent-em, present participle of contābēscĕre to waste away, be consumed. Introduced as a botanical term by Gärtner, Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Befruchtung (1844) 116.

Wasting away, atrophied; in Botany characterized by contabescence.

ΚΠ

1868 C. Darwin Variations Animals & Plants (1875) II. 149 In contabescent plants the female organs are seldom affected.

1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers 193 Many of the anthers were either shrivelled or contained brown and tough or pulpy matter, without any good pollen-grains, and they never shed their contents; they were in the state designated by Gärtner as contabescent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	contabescent
释义	contabescentadj. /kɒntəˈbɛsənt/ Etymology: modern < Latin contābēscent-em, present participle of contābēscĕre to waste away, be consumed. Introduced as a botanical term by Gärtner, Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Befruchtung (1844) 116. Wasting away, atrophied; in Botany characterized by contabescence. ΚΠ 1868 C. Darwin Variations Animals & Plants (1875) II. 149 In contabescent plants the female organs are seldom affected. 1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers 193 Many of the anthers were either shrivelled or contained brown and tough or pulpy matter, without any good pollen-grains, and they never shed their contents; they were in the state designated by Gärtner as contabescent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1868
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