| 单词 | tuberous root |
| 释义 | > as lemmastuberous root a. Of the nature of a tuber; chiefly in tuberous root, (a) a tuber, or an underground stem bearing tubers (see tuber n.2 1); (b) more strictly, a true root (usually one of a cluster) thickened so as to resemble a tuber, but bearing no buds; as in the lesser celandine and the dahlia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] moreeOE rootc1175 master-rootc1330 rootinga1400 radix1558 leg1597 taproot1601 top-root1651 tuberous root1668 heart-root1669 pivot1725 spill1766 tap1796 tutty-more1873 pneumatophore1891 stem root1901 heart-root1903 the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > tuber clog1597 tuber1668 tuberous root1668 tubercle1728 storage tuber1914 the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root tuberous1668 stemmy1728 radical1753 radicous?1764 radicellar1819 rhizoid1859 rhizomatic1864 rhizomic1898 rooty1905 stocky1915 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 90 Tuberous roots; consisting of one single tuber, or of several. 1730 J. Martyn in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 36 385 Their Roots are either bulbous, tuberous, or consisting of thick, fleshy Fibres. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 346 Peziza tuberosa... Stem growing at the base to a blackish fungous tuberous substance. 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 140 The knobs of genuine tuberous roots, like the potatoe, are studded with them [buds]. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. vii. 66 When the branches or fibres of a root become thickened in this way, as..in the Garden Dahlia, the root is said to be tuberous. < as lemmas |
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