单词 | mattulla |
释义 | † mattullan. Botany. Obsolete. = reticulum n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > branch or bud of palmOE reticulum1821 phyllophore1848 mattulla1849 phyllogen1890 1849 J. H. Balfour Elem. Bot. §57 In Palms also a similar [brown chaffy] substance occurs, called reticulum or mattulla (matta, a mat). 1849 J. H. Balfour Elem. Bot. §96 The bases of the leaves..surrounded by the mattulla or reticulum. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 90/2 Surrounding the base of the leaves of Ferns a brown chaffy substance occurs... In Palms also a similar substance but of a fibrous texture occurs, called the reticulum or mattulla. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1849 |
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