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单词 plantagineous
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plantagineousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin plantāgin- , plantāgo , -eous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin plantāgin-, plantāgo plantain n.1 + -eous suffix, probably after scientific Latin plantagineus (1753 in Linnaeus as specific epithet) or Plantagineae, family name (1803 or earlier). Compare French†plantaginé, adjective (1812, now rare), Plantaginées, plural noun (c1750 or earlier).
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= plantaginaceous adj.
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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 973/1 Plantagineus,..belonging to, or having an arrangement of parts as in the genus Plantago: plantagineous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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