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单词 artocarpad
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artocarpadn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Artocarpus , -ad suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Artocarpus, genus name (J. R. Forster & G. Forster Characteres generum plantarum (1776) 101; < ancient Greek ἀρτο- , combining form of ἄρτος bread (see artotyrite n.) + καρπός fruit: see carpo- comb. form2) + -ad suffix1. Compare earlier artocarpeous adj. N.E.D. (1885) gives the pronunciation as (āɹtokā·ɹpăd) /ɑːtəʊˈkɑːpəd/.
Botany. Obsolete.
J. Lindley's name for: any plant belonging to the former family Artocarpaceae, comprising the genus Artocarpus (containing the breadfruit tree and various other tropical trees) and a number of other genera of plants with milky sap and flowers arranged in heads (now assigned to the family Moraceae and other families).
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artocarpad1846
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 270 The old Urticaceous order should be..regarded as an Alliance, of which the Artocarpads form one of the Orders.
1857 M. Wheat Trav. Mexican Cordillera 424 No good reason can be assigned why the Breadfruit-tree, botanically called Artocarpus, of the order of Artocarpads, would not flourish on the continent of America within the tropics.
1879 R. Brown Countries of World III. ix. 132 Among the other endless vegetable products used for food, for medicine, or for economic purposes, we can only mention the cow tree (Brosimum Galactodendron), a species of the order of artocarpads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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