| 单词 | seed vessel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed vessel seed vessel n. (a) a structure containing the seeds of a flowering plant; the pericarp; (also figurative); †(b) a seminal vesicle; (also) any of various ducts or tubes which (supposedly) transport sperm or seed (sense 3) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] knop1398 seed vessel1562 pouch1577 bottle1609 uterus1682 pericarpium1691 vessel1691 pericarp1759 crust1776 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 77 The sede vessell is lyke fenegreke. 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. cii. f. 74 in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Gonorrhea..may come some tyme through abundaunce and rancknesse of seede, & sometyme by the weaknesse of the stones, and seede vessels not able to retayne the seede. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια iv. ii. 200 (heading) Of the preparing spermaticke or seede vessels. 1664 J. Beale Let. 21 Jan. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 249 Wormes beget unknowne maladyes..breeding in all parts of the body. In the wombe, & seede vessell. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §5. 96 Herbs considered according to their Seed-vessel. 1725 Let. 9 Jan. in Suppl. to Onania (?1725) 120 By too much using of Coition, especially last Summer,..he has exhausted too much of his Spirits, Seed Vessels, and natural Heat. 1789 W. Meyrick New Family Herbal 35 Bear-berry..Seed-vessel: a round, smooth berry, which is of a glossy red colour when ripe. 1852 J. L. Curtis Manhood (ed. 67) 22 The seed vessels in the Testis, when unravelled, measure about 40 feet in length. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 22 The code is the seed-vessel of all the virtues. 1983 Financial Times 23 Apr. 18/4 The tiny seed vessel explodes and the seeds are thrown far and wide. 2002 Oecologia 133 511/2 The mobile larva may also feed on the seed vessels of Stachys, Aquilegia, Geranium and Erodium species. < as lemmas |
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