单词 | pumilio |
释义 | † pumilion. Obsolete. rare. A dwarf; a diminutive person or plant. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > vigorous growth > lack of > dwarfed creature pumilio1576 dwarf1593 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 237 (margin) He was (belike) some Pomilio or litle dwarfe. 1776 Evelyn's Sylva 36 The warmer regions produce the tallest and goodliest trees and plants..far exceeding those of the same species, born in the cold North, so as what is a giant in the one, becomes a pumilo, and in comparison, but a shrubby dwarf in the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1576 |
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