单词 | stipes |
释义 | stipesn. 1. Botany. A stalk, esp. of some special kind, other than an ordinary leaf- or flower-stalk; e.g. one supporting a carpel or other part of a flower, or the pappus of the ‘seed’ or fruit of some composites; that of the frond of a fern or seaweed (also, the stem or caudex of a tree-fern); that supporting the pileus or cap of certain fungi. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > pedicel or footstalk stalkc1325 starta1400 tinea1400 petifoot?1440 footling1562 footstalk1562 strig1565 stem1600 tail1613 pedicle1626 pedal1660 pedicel1682 peduncle1702 ray1729 stipes1760 stipe1785 flower-stalk1789 fruit-stalk1796 podium1866 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vii. 15 Pappus, a Down,..a feathery or hairy Crown..connected with the Seed by Stipes, a Trunk, which here signifies the Thread on which the Down is raised and supported. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 84 Stipes, a pillar, or pedicle. Also the stem of some kind of Fungi. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 597 The stipites or younger branches are directed for use, and may be employed either fresh or dried. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 307 The stipes of Ferns, composed only of the united bases of the leaves or fronds, is scarcely analogous to the trunk of Vascular plants. 1847 Henfrey Outl. Bot. 114 When the indusium is torn by the expansion of the pileus and the elongation of the stipes or stem. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 10 The fronds of Ferns consist of two parts—the leafy portion; and the stalk, which latter is called the stipes. 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 41 Stipites and capitula cinereo-suffused. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 274/1 Morel,..one of the few fungi..which may be eaten with safety. The stipes or stalk is hollow. 2. Zoology. A part or organ resembling a stalk; esp. the footstalk or second joint of the maxilla of an insect; also applied to certain parts of the mouth-appendages in myriapods. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part > stalk-like pedicle1703 peduncle1717 petiole1783 stipes1826 petiolus1890 stipe1891 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > member of > part of mouth appendage stipes1826 stipe1891 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > footstalk stipes1826 stipe1891 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 357 Stipes (the Stalk). 1861–2 Le Conte Classif. Coleoptera N. Amer. i. Introd. p. xii The hind portion or base of the maxillæ is composed of two pieces; the one articulating with the head is called the cardo, the second piece the stipes; attached to the stipes are the appendages. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 429 The short and almost rudimentary palp is attached to the extremity of the stipes. 1895 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. i. 95 The maxilla is a complex organ consisting of numerous pieces, viz. cardo, stipes, palpiger, galea, lacinia, palpus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760 |
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