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单词 nigri-
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nigri-comb. form

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nigri-, nigr-, niger.
Etymology: < scientific Latin nigri-, combining form (in e.g. nigricaulis , nigricollis , nigricornis ) of classical Latin nigr-, niger black (see niger n.1).Found only in a small number of 19th-cent. borrowings and adaptations from scientific Latin, none of which is frequently attested. Compare French nigri- (in nigricorne, nigripenne, 1868 in Littré).
Botany and Zoology. Obsolete.
Forming adjectives indicating possession of some feature which is blackish in colour.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Nigricaulis, having a black or blackish stem..: nigricaulate.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Nigricollis, having a black neck..: nigricollate.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Nigricornis, having black antennae..: nigricornate.
1876 J. Thomas Comprehensive Med. Dict. 358/1 Nigricaulis, having a black stem: nigricauline.
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Nigricauline, having a black or blackish stem, as the Hypnum nigricaule.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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