| 单词 | lower plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslower plant lower plant n. [after German niedere Pflanze (1802 or earlier, usually in plural)] any of a large group of plants considered to have a simple structure; esp. a non-flowering plant (in the widest sense also including algae and fungi) which reproduces by means of spores, lacking distinct stems, leaves, and (usually) vascular tissues; a cryptogam; contrasted with higher plant. ΚΠ 1821 tr. A. P. de Candolle & K. Sprengel Elements Philos. Plants 108 The Cryptogamous Plants... Every person perceives the necessity of a natural arrangement of these lower plants [Ger. niedern Pflanzen]. 1917 M. A. Bigelow & A. N. Bigelow Applied. Biol. ix. 232 There are a number of types of lower-plants without seeds... Ferns, mosses, and mushrooms are examples. 2008 P. Scott Physiol. & Behaviour Plants i. 1/1 From freshwater-dwelling green algae the simple lower plants, such as mosses and ferns evolved. < as lemmas |
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