propagantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈprɒpəɡənt/, U.S.

/ˈprɑpəɡ(ə)nt/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin propāgant- , propāgāns ; propagate v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin propāgant-, propāgāns, present participle of propāgāre propagate v., or < propag- (in propagate v.) + -ant suffix¹.

†A. adj.

Productive. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1895 F. Hall Two Trifles 30 I predict that it [sc. the term ‘scientist’] will live. Nay, who knows that..it may not get to be ambitiously propagant, engendering..scientism, scientistic, scientistically,..scientize [etc.]?

B. n.

Botany and Horticulture. A piece of plant tissue capable of giving rise to a new individual by asexual reproduction (cf. propagule n.). Also: a plant resulting from the vegetative propagation of another, esp. through tissue culture.

ΚΠ

1928 Jrnl. Ecol. 16 74 The plants dug up have usually been broken into two or more separate propagants and planted out with wide spacing.

1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xvi. 342 It is of first importance that no part of the dodder plant be left alive, as it will act as a propagant and restart the infestation.

1978 Phytopathology 68 241 The percentage of infected propagants varied with the source of the mother plant.

2001 Evolutionary Ecol. 15 583 The differential production of clonal propagants will contribute to fitness differences among individuals which may result in population-level changes in allele frequencies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propagant
释义	propagantadj.n. Brit. /ˈprɒpəɡənt/, U.S. /ˈprɑpəɡ(ə)nt/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin propāgant- , propāgāns ; propagate v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: Either < classical Latin propāgant-, propāgāns, present participle of propāgāre propagate v., or < propag- (in propagate v.) + -ant suffix¹. †A. adj. Productive. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1895 F. Hall Two Trifles 30 I predict that it [sc. the term ‘scientist’] will live. Nay, who knows that..it may not get to be ambitiously propagant, engendering..scientism, scientistic, scientistically,..scientize [etc.]? B. n. Botany and Horticulture. A piece of plant tissue capable of giving rise to a new individual by asexual reproduction (cf. propagule n.). Also: a plant resulting from the vegetative propagation of another, esp. through tissue culture. ΚΠ 1928 Jrnl. Ecol. 16 74 The plants dug up have usually been broken into two or more separate propagants and planted out with wide spacing. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xvi. 342 It is of first importance that no part of the dodder plant be left alive, as it will act as a propagant and restart the infestation. 1978 Phytopathology 68 241 The percentage of infected propagants varied with the source of the mother plant. 2001 Evolutionary Ecol. 15 583 The differential production of clonal propagants will contribute to fitness differences among individuals which may result in population-level changes in allele frequencies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1895
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