单词 | pedunculate |
释义 | pedunculateadj. Chiefly Botany and Zoology. Having a peduncle or peduncles; borne on a peduncle; stalked. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having or resembling a footstalk shanked1593 pedunculated1752 pedicellate1760 pedunculate1760 pedicellated1770 peduncled1782 pedicelled1784 stiped1785 stipitate1785 peduncular1789 stipiform1821 stipitated1822 stipitiform1855 pedicellar1900 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. xxii. 137 A Squama growing out of the Leaf, opening on one of its Sides and under which there are pedunculate Globules. 1787 T. Martyn tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elem. Bot. xiii. 143 The flowers are sessile, and there is frequently a third betwen [sic] these, which is less and pedunculate. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 306 Pedunculate,..when the head is constricted behind into a distinct neck. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 7 The species with pedunculate eyes. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 298 A typical pedunculate Cirripede. 1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life ii. 52 Family Stylocordylidae. These are pedunculate sponges. 1955 Nature 26 Feb. 363/1 Two principal conclusions emerge..: (1) the extreme photophobia of Latimeria..; (2) the exceptional mobility of the pedunculate fins. 1997 Systematic Biol. 46 421/1 The pedunculate species..often grow in more sheltered environments such as in subalpine grasslands and under shrubs. Compounds pedunculate oak n. the common or English oak, Quercus robur, in which each group of acorns is borne on a long peduncle (contrasted with sessile oak n. at sessile adj. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1858 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora 473 The following are the two British races:—a. Pedunculate British O. (Q. Robur pedunculata...) Leaves sessile or shortly stalked. Fruits either clustered or spiked, above the middle of a peduncle varying from 1 to 5 or even 6 inches long... b. Sessile British O. (Q. Robur sessiliflora...) [etc.].] 1875 Amer. Cycl. XII. 557/2 In durability the timber of the two varieties is regarded as equal; but as that of the pedunculate oak shows more of the silver grain it is more valuable for cabinet work. 1908 Times 21 Apr. 12/1 In Ireland the pedunculate oak is not known to occur except where planted. 1996 Independent 6 Sept. 7/3 Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor is made up of dwarf pedunculate oaks, stunted and gnarled by growing on boulders and poor, peaty soil at 1,300 feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1760 |
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