† paleaeformadj.

Forms: 1800s paleaeform, 1800s paleiform.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin paleaeformis, paleiformis.

Etymology: < scientific Latin paleaeformis (1794 or earlier), paleiformis (1857 or earlier: see quot. 1857) < classical Latin palea chaff (see palea n.) + -formis -form comb. form². Compare French paléiforme (1868 in Littré). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pēⁱ·liˌifǭɹm) /ˈpeɪliːɪfɔːm/.

Botany and Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Resembling chaff; chaffy.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Paleiformis, having the appearance of chaff, as the little scales composing the down of several Synanthereæ, viz., the Bidens, etc.: paleiform.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 836/2 Paleæform, resembling paleæ or chaff, as Ramenta.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paleaeform
释义	† paleaeformadj. Forms: 1800s paleaeform, 1800s paleiform. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin paleaeformis, paleiformis. Etymology: < scientific Latin paleaeformis (1794 or earlier), paleiformis (1857 or earlier: see quot. 1857) < classical Latin palea chaff (see palea n.) + -formis -form comb. form². Compare French paléiforme (1868 in Littré). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pēⁱ·liˌifǭɹm) /ˈpeɪliːɪfɔːm/. Botany and Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Resembling chaff; chaffy. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Paleiformis, having the appearance of chaff, as the little scales composing the down of several Synanthereæ, viz., the Bidens, etc.: paleiform. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 836/2 Paleæform, resembling paleæ or chaff, as Ramenta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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