单词 | pitcher-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpitcher-like ˈpitcher-like adj. ΚΠ 1787 G. Adams Ess. Microscope viii. 619 Long spear-shaped vorticella, but which often changes it's shape into a pitcher-like form. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 480 The order [Marcgraviaceæ] is chiefly interesting for the curious pitcher-like bracts which some of their genera exhibit. 1897 H. A. Bryden Nature & Sport 19 The great Bechuana pitcher-like wooden vessels. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 25 A large genus related to the Arum Lily..with ‘flowers’ consisting of a pitcher-like spathe surrounding the pencil-like spadix which carries the true flowers. < as lemmas |
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