单词 | anthocarpous |
释义 | anthocarpousadj. Botany. Now rare. Of a fruit: formed from more than one flower, and incorporating floral parts outside the ovary. Also: having such fruits. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] > simple or collective tricoccous1697 tricoccose1703 anthocarpous1835 tetracoccous1857 simple1858 monogynoecial1876 collective1880 1835 J. Lindley Key Struct., Physiol., & Systematic Bot. 33 Multiple fruits are formed out of several flowers... They are masses of inflorescence in a state of adhesion, and are also called anthocarpous. 1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 396 Anthocarpous, fruits in which some organ exterior to the pericarp is concerned. 1908 Bot. Gaz. 46 104 The anthocarpous fruit [of Allionia] has little mobility. 1989 Bot. Rev. 55 67 We feel that Lindley recognized the distinction between anthocarpous and collective fruits. 1991 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 78 (No. 6 Suppl.) 191 Boldoeae appear to represent the sister-group to the anthocarpous Nyctaginaceae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1835 |
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