muticousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːtᵻkəs/, U.S.

/ˈmjudəkəs/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: mutic adj.; Latin muticus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < mutic adj. or its etymon classical Latin muticus + -ous suffix.

Botany.

Lacking a point; esp. (in cereals and other grasses) having no terminal point or awn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair

dodc1449

unbearded1688

beardless1760

mutic1777

awnless1787

downless1796

bald1804

unawned1821

fringeless1837

muticous1847

muticate1913

1847 H. McMurtrie Lexicon Scientiarum 155 Muticous, Bot... Having no point.

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Bot. 67 The outer imbricated bracts are called glumes... They are either awned (aristate) or awnless (muticous).

1881 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 19 12 Not unlike a muticous form of Tortula unguiculata.

1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 137 The vesicles are 1.5 mm. wide, ellipsoid or obovoid, apiculate or muticous.

1976 T. G. Tutin et al. Flora Europaea IV. clxix. 286/1 The centre brown, convex, the margin lacerate, convolute, the apex muticous.

2015 E. A. Kellogg Families & Genera Vascular Plants XIII. 371/1 Glumes shorter than or as long as the spikelets, muticous or awned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muticous
释义	muticousadj. Brit. /ˈmjuːtᵻkəs/, U.S. /ˈmjudəkəs/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: mutic adj.; Latin muticus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < mutic adj. or its etymon classical Latin muticus + -ous suffix. Botany. Lacking a point; esp. (in cereals and other grasses) having no terminal point or awn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair dodc1449 unbearded1688 beardless1760 mutic1777 awnless1787 downless1796 bald1804 unawned1821 fringeless1837 muticous1847 muticate1913 1847 H. McMurtrie Lexicon Scientiarum 155 Muticous, Bot... Having no point. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Bot. 67 The outer imbricated bracts are called glumes... They are either awned (aristate) or awnless (muticous). 1881 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 19 12 Not unlike a muticous form of Tortula unguiculata. 1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 137 The vesicles are 1.5 mm. wide, ellipsoid or obovoid, apiculate or muticous. 1976 T. G. Tutin et al. Flora Europaea IV. clxix. 286/1 The centre brown, convex, the margin lacerate, convolute, the apex muticous. 2015 E. A. Kellogg Families & Genera Vascular Plants XIII. 371/1 Glumes shorter than or as long as the spikelets, muticous or awned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847
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