epichilen.

Brit.

/ˈɛpᵻkʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈɛpəˌkaɪl/

Forms: 1800s– epichil, 1800s– epichile.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: epichilium n.

Etymology: Shortened < epichilium n. Compare French épichile (1846 or earlier).

Botany.

In an orchid flower: the terminal part of any labellum divided into distinct sections. Cf. hypochil n. at hypo- prefix 2, mesochile n.

ΚΠ

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 174 The third, called the lip (labellum),..now and then contracted so as to form two separate parts, of which the lowest is called the hypochil, the highest epichil, and the middle one the mesochil.

1863 P. H. Gosse Let. 30 May in C. Darwin Corr. (1999) XI. 464 Supposing the great bee, or Scolia, or what not, wants to get at the hollow hypochil (tho' I don't find any honey there), he wd. alight on the epichil.

1892 Hooker's Icones Plantarum XXI. 2096 Resembles a Javan species.., but which has a more triangular epichile with rounded bosses at the sides.

1904 Gardeners' Chron. 13 Feb. 100/2 The segments, epichile included, tipped with yellow, the epichile being orange colour.

1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders's Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 469 In the more popular kinds [of Stanhopea] the base of the lip is cup-like (the hypochil), from this proceeds a fleshy, grooved extension (the mesochil) bearing two large horns, and terminating in a usually heart-shaped lobe (the epichil).

2009 Selbyana 30 18/1 The epichile is minutely spotted with purple, denticulate and densely echinate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epichile
释义	epichilen. Brit. /ˈɛpᵻkʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈɛpəˌkaɪl/ Forms: 1800s– epichil, 1800s– epichile. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: epichilium n. Etymology: Shortened < epichilium n. Compare French épichile (1846 or earlier). Botany. In an orchid flower: the terminal part of any labellum divided into distinct sections. Cf. hypochil n. at hypo- prefix 2, mesochile n. ΚΠ 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 174 The third, called the lip (labellum),..now and then contracted so as to form two separate parts, of which the lowest is called the hypochil, the highest epichil, and the middle one the mesochil. 1863 P. H. Gosse Let. 30 May in C. Darwin Corr. (1999) XI. 464 Supposing the great bee, or Scolia, or what not, wants to get at the hollow hypochil (tho' I don't find any honey there), he wd. alight on the epichil. 1892 Hooker's Icones Plantarum XXI. 2096 Resembles a Javan species.., but which has a more triangular epichile with rounded bosses at the sides. 1904 Gardeners' Chron. 13 Feb. 100/2 The segments, epichile included, tipped with yellow, the epichile being orange colour. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders's Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 469 In the more popular kinds [of Stanhopea] the base of the lip is cup-like (the hypochil), from this proceeds a fleshy, grooved extension (the mesochil) bearing two large horns, and terminating in a usually heart-shaped lobe (the epichil). 2009 Selbyana 30 18/1 The epichile is minutely spotted with purple, denticulate and densely echinate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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