单词 | pantropical |
释义 | pantropicaladj. Botany and Zoology. Of a plant or animal: occurring in all regions of the tropics; (of a species' distribution) covering all tropical regions. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > characteristic of particular region or period southerneOE African1578 Asiatic1670 American1678 Creole1758 Californian1785 subalpine1808 Antarctic1835 Adelaidean1847 Arctic1876 Atlantic1876 gerontogeous1880 Cenomanian1902 Lusitanian1907 pantropic1911 pantropical1913 native1920 the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > plants or animals of a particular region > from specified region EnglisheOE Arabian1580 Scotch1610 West Indian1625 Scots1728 Creole1758 Californian1785 Nubian1790 Lusitanian1907 pantropical1913 1913 Science 10 Oct. 500/2 Most botanists assign to the species [sc. Mucuna pruriens] a pantropical distribution. 1953 New Biol. 15 35 The Scale Insect Aspidotus destructor is a pantropical species which is found wherever the coconut palm grows. 1976 Nature 19 Feb. 528/2 A demonstrably Australian flora with many common pantropical plants missing. 1991 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Winter 3 A taxonomist currently working in Oxford, Dr Robert Scotland, is researching the pan-tropical family, Acanthaceae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1913 |
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