单词 | tenuifolious |
释义 | > as lemmastenuifolious tenuifolious adj. Brit. /ˌtɛnjʊᵻˈfəʊlɪəs/ , U.S. /ˌtɛnjuəˈfoʊliəs/ having narrow or thin leaves. [After post-classical Latin tenuifolius (1518 or earlier) < tenui- tenui- comb. form folium leaf (see foil n.1), itself after Hellenistic Greek λεπτόφυλλος (see leptophyllous adj. at lepto- comb. form ).] ΚΠ 1657 Physical Dict. Tenuifolious, thin leav'd. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 176 Why coniferous Trees are tenuifolious or narrow leafed. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tenuifolius,..tenuifolious. < as lemmas |
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