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单词 ovulary
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ovularyadj.n.

Brit. /ˈɒvjᵿləri/, /ˈəʊvjᵿləri/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəˌlɛri/, /ˈɑvjəˌlɛri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ovule n., -ary suffix1.
Etymology: < ovule n. + -ary suffix1. Compare French ovulaire (1820). With use as noun compare earlier ovary n. 2. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ōu·viulări) /ˈəʊvjuːlərɪ/.
A. adj.
Chiefly Botany = ovular adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > ovum
oval1646
ovarious1730
oviferous1828
ovular1848
ovulary1848
ovuliferous1848
multiovular1849
multiovulate1857
ovigenous1872
moruloid1880
ovuligerous1888
ovoblastic1922
1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) II. 41 From the frequent examination of the passage from orthotropy to anatropy in ovules, I am convinced that the umbilical cord is never soldered to the ovulary leaf.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. v. 372 These small cells are sometimes called pollen-spores or small spores, while the large germinating spore is called the ovulary-spore or large spore.
1898 Science 9 Dec. 829/1 The nucleus was contained in one part and not in the other, which was, therefore, composed of ovulary cytoplasm.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 27 705/1 The ovulary vascular supply is derived from these small strands.
1990 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 117 127/2 The trace breaks up into many fine veins that descend through the ovulary wall on the side adjacent to the funiculus.
B. n.
Botany. In a flowering plant: the structure that contains an ovule or ovules; = ovary n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > ovary
seed bud1721
ovarium1724
seed nest1727
ovary1731
germ1758
germen1759
ovulary1898
1898 C. R. Barnes Plant Life xvii. 240 This part was early called the ovary..under the impression that the ovules (=little eggs) were like the eggs of birds... To avoid confusion with the true ovary..I here suggest the name ovulary—i.e., the organ which produces ovules.
1904 T. F. Hunt Cereals in Amer. iii. 31 The ovulary is one-seeded and is surmounted by two feathery stigmas.
1951 Science 21 Dec. 675/2 The writer is under no illusions as to the difficulty of introducing a new term as a substitute for a widely used old one, even though it may be much better. The slow progress in the substitution of ‘ovulary’ for ‘ovary’ is an example.
1957 L. H. Snyder & P. R. David Princ. Heredity (ed. 5) xix. 281 A microscopic hollow tube, the pollen tube, grows down the silk to the ovulary of the pistil.
1988 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 75 344/2 Ovularies dissected from the floral buds were transferred to a glass planchet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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