单词 | monocotylous |
释义 | † monocotylousadj.1 Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Designating a group of parasitic worms that have a mouth but no anus.Cf. the genus name Monocotyle (family Monocotylidae), which comprises monogenean ectoparasites of fish. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monocotylus, applied by Blainville to a Family (Monocotyla) of the Entozoa myzocephala, comprehending those of which the body has but one vent: monocotylous. Applied by Latreille to a Family (same term) of the Acephala Cyclomorpha, comprehending those which have a distinct mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). monocotylousadj.2 Botany. = monocotyledonous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > mono-, di-, or polycotyledonous monocotyledonous1770 dicotyledonous1785 polycotyledonous1800 monocotyle1828 monocotyledonous1849 dictyogenous1852 dicotyledonary1870 monocotylous1905 monocot1938 polycotyledonary1989 monocotyl1995 1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 327 The seedlings..have the ordinary leaf-form of monocotylous plants. 1985 Behavioral Ecol. 17 171 The mealybugs are extremely polyphagous and feed on many different monocotylous and dicotylous angiosperms. 1999 Flora (Jena) 194 49 Some monocotylous seedlings occur among normally dicotylous species in Anemone, Pulsatilla and Clematis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11857adj.21905 |
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