单词 | glareous |
释义 | glareousadj.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > gravelly glareousc1420 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 497 With stonys mixt hit stont in argillous Lond, and with grauel mixt in glareous. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. xi. 43 Their Vines are best fitted with a glareous soyle, viz. dry, leane and creachy. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 43 Be the Stones or Rock Glareous, Metallic, Testaceous, Salts, or any other Concretes whatsoever. b. Botany. (See quot. 1880.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing on or amongst rocks, stone, or gravel rockish1562 rocky1599 ruderary1727 rupestrean1786 saxatile1786 rupestrine1787 rupestral1834 ruderal1835 viatical1847 glareose1866 glareous1880 epilithic1900 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 Glareous, growing in gravel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.c1420 |
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