| 单词 | rhomboid-ovate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrhomboid-ovate C1. Botany. Prefixed to adjectives, forming adjectives with the sense ‘partly rhombic and partly ——’, as rhomboid-oblong, rhomboid-ovate, rhomboid-ovoid. Cf. rhomboidal adj. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > oval or circular orbicular1753 suborbicular1753 lance-egged1787 rhomboid?1788 lance-ovala1794 spear-egg-shaped1796 lance-ovate1800 rhombic1805 ?1788 J. Abercrombie Gen. Syst. Trees & Shrubs 39/1 A lofty tree, sixty feet high or more; the leaves (smallish) rhomboid-ovate, pointed and doubly-sawed. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) vii. 123 Fruit rhomboid-oblong. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 315 Leaves..rhomboid-ovoid. 1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 116 Wedge-shaped at base, entire, acute, terminal leaflets rhomboid-ovate. 2004 A. Weber in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants VII. 142/1 Leaves with long petiole, elliptic, rhomboid-ovate, rhomboid or suborbicular. < as lemmas |
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