单词 | monogerm |
释义 | > as lemmasmonogerm monogerm adj. Brit. , U.S. Agriculture designating or relating to varieties of sugar beet, etc., in which each seed ball has its contents reduced to a single embryo and so gives rise to only one seedling (cf. multigerm adj.).ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > plants yielding sugar or syrup > [adjective] > of sugar-beet monogerm1950 multigerm1950 1950 Proc. Amer. Soc. Sugar Beet Technologists 6 156 Monogerm sugar beet varieties have not been developed in either Europe or America. Failure to develop such varieties is due to difficulties in detecting monogerm plants. 1972 Nature 21 Jan. 136/2 Larks still destroy young seedlings, spaced scientifically and grown from monogerm seeds. 1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry (ed. 6) iv. 124/2 Monogerm seed contains a single embryo from which only one plant will grow. < as lemmas |
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