单词 | monoembryonic |
释义 | monoembryonicadj. Botany and Zoology. rare before late 20th cent. Having or characterized by a single embryo; relating to a single embryo. ΚΠ 1879 J. Stormonth Man. Sci. Terms 265/2 Monembrionic,..having a single embryo. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xix. 377 The effect of polyembryony is to increase the reproductive potential of the insect, but the net effect is not always much greater than in related monoembryonic species because polyembryonic forms tend to lay fewer eggs. 1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) viii. 220 Zygotic embryos do not breed true, so mono-embryonic types must be propagated vegetatively if one wants to preserve their properties. 1996 Austral. Jrnl. Exper. Agric. 36 731 A single seedling emerged from every Imperial-cross seed that germinated, demonstrating the monoembryonic nature of Imperial seeds. 1996 Genome 39 222 (title) Accidental twins in a monembryonic insect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1879 |
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