rotundi-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rotundi-.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rotundi- (in e.g. rotundifolius : see rotundifolious adj. ), combining form of classical Latin rotundus round (see rotund adj.); compare -i- connective. Compare rotundo- comb. form.Formations after post-classical Latin models are found occasionally from the first half of the 18th cent.

Forming adjectives (chiefly in a scientific context) with the sense ‘rounded’.

† rotundifoliate adj. Botany Obsolete rare = rotundifolious adj.

ΚΠ

1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1103/1 Rotundifolius, having round leaves; round-leaved: rotundifoliate.

rotundifolious adj.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˌtʌndᵻˈfəʊlɪəs/

U.S.

/roʊˌtəndəˈfoʊliəs/

[ < post-classical Latin rotundifolius (4th cent.) + -ous suffix] Botany (now rare) having round leaves.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rotundifolious, which has round leaves.

1789 E. Sibly Culpeper's Eng. Physician 31 Rotundifolious, or round leaved; as birthwort, colt's foot, butterburr, bur, and asarum.

1875 C. Tønsberg Norway Introd. p. xxxvii Some few of the willows—more especially the creeping rotundifolious varieties (salix herbacea or polaris).

1990 W. Kexian & P. Nagarajan in Y. P. S. Bajaj Haploids in Crop Improvem. I. iii. ii. 243 Anther-cultured plantlet showing a rotundifolious leaf type.

rotundiform adj.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndᵻfɔːm/

U.S.

/roʊˈtəndəˌfɔrm/

[compare post-classical Latin rotundiformis round (9th cent. in a British source)] having a rounded shape.

ΚΠ

1832 Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 94 On the elevated land grew..a species of Sàgus; differing from that found in the Eastern Archipelago, &c., in having pyriform instead of rotundiform fruit.

1844 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 56 Not a note or letter passing through the hands of these worthies but assumes a rotundiform shape, from the bulging torture to which it has been subjected.

1912 28th Ann. Rep. Maine Agric. Exper. Station (1913) 215 The shape of the wing from elongate to rotundiform.

2001 R. K. Sinha Mod. Plant Physiol. (2004) ii. xi. 281 Drosera is an aquatic wild herb with rotundiform leaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotundi-
释义	rotundi-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rotundi-. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rotundi- (in e.g. rotundifolius : see rotundifolious adj. ), combining form of classical Latin rotundus round (see rotund adj.); compare -i- connective. Compare rotundo- comb. form.Formations after post-classical Latin models are found occasionally from the first half of the 18th cent. Forming adjectives (chiefly in a scientific context) with the sense ‘rounded’. † rotundifoliate adj. Botany Obsolete rare = rotundifolious adj. ΚΠ 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1103/1 Rotundifolius, having round leaves; round-leaved: rotundifoliate. rotundifolious adj. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˌtʌndᵻˈfəʊlɪəs/ , U.S. /roʊˌtəndəˈfoʊliəs/ [ < post-classical Latin rotundifolius (4th cent.) + -ous suffix] Botany (now rare) having round leaves. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rotundifolious, which has round leaves. 1789 E. Sibly Culpeper's Eng. Physician 31 Rotundifolious, or round leaved; as birthwort, colt's foot, butterburr, bur, and asarum. 1875 C. Tønsberg Norway Introd. p. xxxvii Some few of the willows—more especially the creeping rotundifolious varieties (salix herbacea or polaris). 1990 W. Kexian & P. Nagarajan in Y. P. S. Bajaj Haploids in Crop Improvem. I. iii. ii. 243 Anther-cultured plantlet showing a rotundifolious leaf type. rotundiform adj. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndᵻfɔːm/ , U.S. /roʊˈtəndəˌfɔrm/ [compare post-classical Latin rotundiformis round (9th cent. in a British source)] having a rounded shape. ΚΠ 1832 Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 94 On the elevated land grew..a species of Sàgus; differing from that found in the Eastern Archipelago, &c., in having pyriform instead of rotundiform fruit. 1844 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 56 Not a note or letter passing through the hands of these worthies but assumes a rotundiform shape, from the bulging torture to which it has been subjected. 1912 28th Ann. Rep. Maine Agric. Exper. Station (1913) 215 The shape of the wing from elongate to rotundiform. 2001 R. K. Sinha Mod. Plant Physiol. (2004) ii. xi. 281 Drosera is an aquatic wild herb with rotundiform leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1727
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