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单词 torose
释义

toroseadj.

/tɒˈrəʊs/
Etymology: < Latin torōsus, < torus bulge, brawn: see -ose suffix1.
Natural History.
Bulging, swollen, protuberant: said of an approximately cylindrical body swollen here and there.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > protuberant or swollen
proud1597
ventriose1725
ventricose1751
torulous1752
torose1760
torulose1806
ventricous1828
papillary1874
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxii. 224 The Pericarpium is..torose.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxiii. 326 Radish has a cylindric, jointed, torose or swelling silique.
1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 461 Caps[ules] subglobose torose hispid.

Derivatives

toˈrosity n. Obsolete rare torose condition.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Torosity (torositas), fleshiness, fatnesse, brawninesse.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Torosity, Fatness, Grossness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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