单词 | rhombic-ovate |
释义 | > as lemmasrhombic-ovate a. Botany and Zoology. Prefixed to adjectives forming adjectives with the sense ‘partly rhombic and partly ——’, as rhombic-lanceolate, rhombic-ovate, etc. ΚΠ 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 409 Shape rhombic-ovate, very slightly lengthened: colour of upper parts pale yellow. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 395 Body rhombic-ovate, slightly lengthened. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 317 Leaves rhombic-triangular. 1905 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. 160 Cottonwood. Leaves rhombic-lanceolate, abruptly acuminate. 1962 A. R. Clapham et al. Flora Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 580 Black Poplar... Lf-blades 5–10 cm., rhombic-ovate or deltoid-ovate. 2007 A. F. Rhoads & T. A. Block Plants Pennsylvania (ed. 2) 478 Leaves rhombic-ovate with an acute to obtuse apex. < as lemmas |
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