gigasadj.

/ˈdʒʌɪɡəs/

Etymology: < Greek γίγας: see giant n. and adj.

Botany.

Of or designating a polyploid form of a plant which is larger and more vigorous than the normal form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > plant characterized by cells > [adjective]

protophytic1849

macrophytic1900

gigas1915

1915 Amer. Naturalist 49 703 Both gigas forms are more persistently biennial in habit than their parents.

1939 E. W. Sinnott & L. C. Dunn Princ. Genetics (ed. 3) xiv. 321 A case in mosses (Bryum) where an autotetraploid (2n gametophyte, 4n sporophyte) showed gigas characters.

1946 Nature 22 June 843/2 Isolations were made from these large-spored colonies and ‘gigas’ lines established.

1967 F. N. Briggs & P. F. Knowles Introd. Plant Breeding xxi. 268 Plant organs may show some increase in size, termed gigas characteristics.

1970 R. Gorer Devel. Garden Flowers i. 39 The leaf, or any other part of a gigas plant, contains not only larger cells than the wild type, but also more of them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	gigas
释义	gigasadj. /ˈdʒʌɪɡəs/ Etymology: < Greek γίγας: see giant n. and adj. Botany. Of or designating a polyploid form of a plant which is larger and more vigorous than the normal form. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > plant characterized by cells > [adjective] protophytic1849 macrophytic1900 gigas1915 1915 Amer. Naturalist 49 703 Both gigas forms are more persistently biennial in habit than their parents. 1939 E. W. Sinnott & L. C. Dunn Princ. Genetics (ed. 3) xiv. 321 A case in mosses (Bryum) where an autotetraploid (2n gametophyte, 4n sporophyte) showed gigas characters. 1946 Nature 22 June 843/2 Isolations were made from these large-spored colonies and ‘gigas’ lines established. 1967 F. N. Briggs & P. F. Knowles Introd. Plant Breeding xxi. 268 Plant organs may show some increase in size, termed gigas characteristics. 1970 R. Gorer Devel. Garden Flowers i. 39 The leaf, or any other part of a gigas plant, contains not only larger cells than the wild type, but also more of them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1915
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