| 单词 | elkhorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselk-horn elk-horn n. (also elk's-horn) a kind of fern, Platycerium alcicorne. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 330 (note) The Elk-horn fern. 1882 J. Hardy in Proc. Brew. Nat. Club IX. 434 The Elk's-horn fern. elkhorn elkhorn n. (more fully elkhorn coral) a staghorn coral, Acropora palmata (family Acroporidae), found in shallow waters throughout the Caribbean. ΚΠ 1928 W. Beebe Rec. Diving among Reefs Haiti x. 138 Unlike Sand Cay, its sea-fans and gorgonias were subordinate to its corals—massive brain mounds as big as automobiles, and elkhorn forests twelve and fifteen feet high. 1950 Jrnl. Ecol. 38 360 The elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata..with strong flattened branches and reaching 10 ft. or more in height, is another important form. 1998 R. Stone Damascus Gate iii. lxxiv. 496 There were sea fans and elkhorn and sea pens, bright grouper audibly crunching the coral. 2002 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 18 June 3 a An epidemic of ‘white pox’ that has decimated the once-plentiful elkhorn coral in the Caribbean Sea has been traced to bacteria found in sewage. < as lemmas |
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