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单词 plecolepidous
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plecolepidousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French plécolépide , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < French plécolépide (A. H. G. de Cassini Opuscules phytologiques (1826) I. 258; < ancient Greek πλέκος wickerwork or its etymon πλέκειν to plait, twist (see fold v.1) + λεπιδ- , λεπίς scale: see lepido- comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier polylepidous adj. at poly- comb. form 1.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) gives a Latin form plecolepidus; this apparently represents a Latinization of Cassini's French form. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (plekole·pidəs) /plɛkəʊˈlɛpɪdəs/.
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of the involucre of a plant of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae): having united bracts.
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corymbiferous1682
intybous1682
planifolious1687
cichoraceous1696
syngenesious1753
composite1832
syngenesian1840
cynareous1846
cynaraceous1847
synantherous1849
homocarpous1854
plecolepidous1858
compositous1859
synanthereous1859
asteraceous1876
cynaroid1882
tubulifloral1882
tubiflorous1888
tubuliflorous1891
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 976/2 Plecolepidus,..applied by H. Cassini to the periclinium of the Synanthereæ when the scales are intergrafted or grown together at the base: plecolepidous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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