单词 | suberose |
释义 | suberoseadj.1 Botany. Of leaves, petals, etc.: somewhat erose; having the margin slightly denticulate, as if bitten. Also (of a plant): having leaves of this type. ΚΠ 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Suberose, in botany, as if a little eaten or gnawn. 1867 E. J. Lowe Our Native Ferns II. 103 An interesting sub-erose variety, with fronds about fourteen inches long. 1905 Bot. Gaz. 39 369 In A[denoderris] viscidula the veinlets are pinnately forked and excurrent to the suberose margins. 1978 Brittonia 30 324 Corolla white, nearly erect in the calyx..the upper lobes 2-3 mm long, the margins suberose. 2001 Flora Neotropica 83 227/1 Leaves..dentate or suberose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). suberoseadj.2 Botany. Having the appearance of cork; corky in form or texture. Cf. suberous adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > cork > [adjective] > resembling cork suberous1670 corkish1708 corky1756 suberiform1804 suberose1814 subereous1826 1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 43 Stem suberose. 1835 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (new ed.) 657 The advantages of this mode [of propagation] are, that it can be performed..on trees having very stiff thick, suberose barks. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 378 Disc..encircled by a dehiscent,..distinct, suberose, friable ring. 1902 J. Kennell tr. P. Charpentier Timber viii. 115 The [cork oak] tree may be deprived of a portion of its suberose covering without its existence being in any way compromised. 1962 Econ. Geogr. 38 213/2 The world's cork-producing capacity is limited by..the interval of time required for the suberose bark, once stripped, to replace itself. 2002 Kew Bull. 57 571 Branches pubescent, at least bilaterally, the older ones suberose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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