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单词 alismal
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alismaladj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: alisma n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < alisma n. + -al suffix1, after scientific Latin Alismales, alliance name ( J. Lindley Nixus plantarum (1833) 22). Compare slightly earlier alismaceous adj. and also alismad n. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăli·zmăl) /əˈlɪzməl/.
Botany. Obsolete.
Originally (in J. Lindley's terminology): characteristic of or belonging to an alliance of plants including the families Butomaceae, Alismaceae (now Alismataceae), and Juncaginaceae; (also) designating this alliance. In later use: = alismaceous adj.
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1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 207 Arrow-grasses offer the lowest organization in the Order, and may be regarded as an Alismal form of Naiads.
1865 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 5 223 Raphides..scarcely appear, if at all, in the Alismal Alliance.
1874 J. G. MacVicar Sketch Philos. iv. xv. 145 It may be regarded as a distant preluding of a monocotyledonous, say an alismal flower.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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