单词 | palmaceous |
释义 | palmaceousadj. Chiefly Botany. Belonging to or characteristic of the palm family Arecaceae ( Palmae); consisting of or characterized by palms. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [adjective] palmy1569 palmful1615 palmiferous1656 palmeous1657 rotan1697 palmaceous1731 troolie1825 piassava1841 timite1858 murumuru1927 sacsac1947 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 385 The same Botanists have placed the Musa in the Palmaceous Class. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Palmaceus,..palmaceous. 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 32 Forests of trees, deciduous, evergreen and palmaceous, in their general appearance resembling those of Louisiana. 1923 Ecology 4 38 Seedlings of an undetermined meliaceous and of a palmaceous species. 1953 Ecol. Monogr. 23 187/1 The water, though permanent, is not deep and in the palmaceous marsh forests of the delta the flood water ebbs twice daily. 1994 G. Lee tr. Propertius Poems iv. v. 114 Antique figures cut from Attalic couches Or merchandise imported from palmaceous Thebes [L. palmiferae Thebae]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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