单词 | sexfid |
释义 | > as lemmassexfid sexfid adj. Brit. /ˈsɛksfɪd/ , U.S. /ˈsɛksˌfɪd/ [compare scientific Latin sexfidus (1751 or earlier)] Botany (now rare) divided into six lobes. Cf. sexifid adj. at sexi- comb. form .ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > divided into six sexpartitea1654 sexfid1760 sexifid1841 sextupled1853 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xi. 24 In respect to its Segments..it [sc. a calyx] is..Sexfid, in six, as in Pavia. 1829 London Encycl. XVIII. 572 Rheum, in botany, rhubarb..cor. sexfid and persistent. 1962 B. W. Aldiss Hothouse xx. 171 Beneath five bright and simple petals grew a disproportionately large seed pod, a sexfid drum, from each face of which protruded gummy and fringed bosses resembling sea anemones. < as lemmas |
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