单词 | phyllary |
释义 | phyllaryn. Botany. Any of the bracts forming the involucre in plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > composite plant > part of plant flower1530 pale1578 thrum1578 blade1672 floret1672 semi-floscule1720 radius1727 ray1727 semi-floret1729 egret1785 floscule1785 anthodium1812 periclinium1826 pericline1855 chaff-scale1856 phyllary1857 anthode1865 arrowlet1872 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §122 In the Compositae..the bracts form an involucre the parts of which are sometimes called phyllaries. 1872 tr. L. Figuier Veg. World (new ed.) Gloss. 564/2 Phyllaries, the leaflets forming the involucre of composite flowers. 1937 Jrnl. Ecol. 25 569 As the head of the fruit ripens, the involucre is bent right back and the achenes of the ray lie each against the inside of a phyllary. 1998 Evolution 52 345/2 From each population 40 heads..were collected at maturity just prior to presentation for dispersal (deflection of the phyllaries). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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