| 单词 | ovuliferous scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasovuliferous scale ovuliferous scale n. any of the scales on which the ovules are borne in the female cones of a gymnosperm. ΚΠ 1895 F. W. Oliver tr. A. Kerner Nat. Hist. Plants II. 721 They [sc. conifers of the family Abietineae] are distinguished by the fact that the scales of the female cones are divided into an upper ovule-bearing scale (the ovuliferous scale [Ger. Fruchtschuppe]) and a lower subtending bract scale. 1936 H. Gilbert-Carter Brit. Trees & Shrubs 6 Family Pinaceae... Ripe cones with the seeds hidden between the ovuliferous scales (cone scales), which..are frequently woody. 1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 623 As the inflorescence develops into a cone the ovuliferous scales increase greatly in size, becoming woody ‘cone scales’. < as lemmas |
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