单词 | supervolute |
释义 | supervoluteadj. Botany. Of an individual leaf, petal, or lobe of a corolla: rolled inwards so that one margin is overlapped by its opposite edge. Also (of vernation or aestivation): having the petals (esp. the lobes of a tubular corolla) or leaves arranged so that the margin of each overlaps the next to form a twisted or spiral pattern; of or relating to this pattern of vernation or aestivation.Often used synonymously with convolute adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > characterized by type of foliation or vernation obvolute1760 conduplicate1777 convolute1785 valvate1829 circinate1830 gyrate1830 induplicate1830 supervolute1832 supervolutive1841 rectiserial1849 circinating1857 incubous1857 succubous1857 induplicative1864 convolutive1866 circinal1880 obvolutive1886 tricussate1900 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > of flower-bud or aestivation quincuncial1672 valvate1829 induplicate1830 supervolute1832 vexillary1832 quincunxial1835 reduplicate1838 supervolutive1841 reduplicative1856 induplicative1864 indeterminate1880 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 410 Supervolute (supervolutiva); when the one edge is rolled inwards, and is enveloped by the opposite edge rolled in an opposite direction; as the leaves of an apricot. 1849 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 170 The æstivation of the corolla in Anthocercis viscosa is also very peculiar:..it will be observed that each lobe of the border is distinctly supervolute, one of its edges being rolled inwards and overlapped by its opposite edge. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 146 When a convolute leaf encloses another which is rolled up in a like manner..the vernation is supervolute. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. iv. §2 139 In Convolvulus and Datura the narrow plaits in the flower-bud overlap one another in a convolute way, when they are said to be Supervolute. 1919 Amer. Botanist 25 79 In the bud, the corolla is twisted into a spiral..in a form known to botanists as supervolute. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 22 371 The aestivation, then, is valvate-induplicate, but there are traces of a possibly ancestral supervolute condition. 1982 Kew Bull. 36 697 Many species of the section have leaves with involute vernation in bud in contrast to the more common supervolute vernation found in other sections. 1988 M. Steentoft Flowering Plants W. Afr. 329 These [sc. plants of the genus Panicum] are annuals or perennials of varied habit..and flat or rolled (involute or supervolute) leaves. 2004 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 91 677/2 As is true of Philodendron, Dieffenbachia vernation is always supervolute. 2006 J. Cullen Pract. Plant Identification 17 The leaves of many species, especially monocotyledons, are rolled up into a tube in the bud, with one margin exterior, the other interior; this condition is known as supervolute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832 |
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