单词 | mother plant |
释义 | > as lemmasmother plant mother plant n. a plant that is the source of seed (or ovules), seedlings, or vegetative propagules. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by family relationships > [noun] > parent plant mother plant1656 mother1691 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism App. xi. 364 Now this regular conformation of the seed came from the uniforme motion of particles in the Mother-plant. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 48 I think those raised by Layers from a Mother-plant make the best Trees. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants II. xxvii. 365 Foreign pollen occasionally affects the mother-plant in a direct manner. 1928 Jrnl. Heredity 19 263/1 This newly discovered action of pollen on the ovarial tissues of the mother plant. 1990 Gardening from Which? July 238/4 Peg down runners..into 15 cm (6 in) pots sunk into the ground around the mother plants. < as lemmas |
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