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单词 osmundaceous
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osmundaceousadj.

Brit. /ˌɒzmʌnˈdeɪʃəs/, /ˌɒzmənˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌɑzmənˈdeɪʃəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Osmundaceae , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Osmundaceae (R. Brown Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen (1810) 161); < Osmunda osmunda n. + -aceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form osmundaceus (see quot. 1857).
Botany.
Belonging to or characteristic of the family Osmundaceae of ferns, of which Osmunda is the type genus.
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polypodiaceous1818
osmundaceous1842
marsileaceous1857
salviniaceous1858
anadromous1881
pteridophytic1883
homophyadic1889
medullosean1899
trichomanoid1900
medullosan1903
resam1939
heterophyadic-
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 25/2 Agyrate, a name given to osmundaceous plants by Swartz, in consequence of their having no true elastic annulus.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Osmundaceus, applied..to a tribe (Osmundaceæ) of ferns having the Osmunda for their type: osmundaceous.
1890 Athenæum 29 Nov. 743/1 While not going so far as to refer these carboniferous sporangia..to any distinct genus, he [sc. Prof. Bower] thought the osmundaceous affinity was unmistakable.
1930 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 218 90 When free from the stem xylem, however, it is a relatively robust stele of the osmundaceous type.
1950 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 77 29 The xylem cylinder, with an average outside diameter of 26 mm., is a typical Osmundaceous one composed of about 22 segments.
1970 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 97 141/2 Several osmundaceous species have been reported from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Periods from many parts of the world.
1992 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 79 658/1 As illustrated, they closely resemble scaly appendages on osmundaceous fern stems and rhizomes attributed to Todites princeps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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