单词 | pointleted |
释义 | † pointletedadj. Botany. Obsolete. Esp. of a leaf: terminating in a minute point; apiculate. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having a pointed end sharp-pointed1565 mucronated1657 cuspidate1693 mucronate1776 pointleted1783 mucronulated1806 apiculate1830 mucronulate1836 1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. II. 820 Tenella... M[ale]. cal[yx]. common hemispheric pointletted [L. apiculato]: margin radiated in folds. 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. iv. 385 Pointletted (apiculatus), terminating abruptly in a little point; differing from mucronate in the point being part of the limb, and not arising wholly from a costa. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 80 Dianthus cæsius... Bracts adpressed, ovate, obtuse, pointleted. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Pointletted, the same as Apiculate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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