viscidiumn.

Brit.

/vɪˈsɪdɪəm/, U.S.

/vɪˈsɪdiəm/

Inflections: Plural viscidia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin viscidium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin viscidium (R. Schlechter 1918, in Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 36 ii. 71, in a German context) < post-classical Latin viscidus viscid adj. + scientific Latin -idium -idium comb. form.

Botany.

In many orchids: a sticky pad on the caudicle or stipe of a pollinium, by means of which the latter is attached to the pollinating insect.

ΚΠ

1931 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 7. 378 In the presence of small pouches in which the viscidia rest..the species falls into Diplacorchis.

1965 W. Richter Orchid World 14 The two pollinia..are different from those of many other orchids in that they are joined together by one viscidium.

1980 T. G. Tutin et al. Flora Europaea V. cciii. 344/1 Rostellum minute. Viscidia in 2 simple bursicles.

2001 Ann. Bot. 88 989 The two Aspidogyne spp. have a dorsally-adhesive viscidium, a feature which precludes pollinators other than bees.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viscidium
释义	viscidiumn. Brit. /vɪˈsɪdɪəm/, U.S. /vɪˈsɪdiəm/ Inflections: Plural viscidia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin viscidium. Etymology: < scientific Latin viscidium (R. Schlechter 1918, in Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 36 ii. 71, in a German context) < post-classical Latin viscidus viscid adj. + scientific Latin -idium -idium comb. form. Botany. In many orchids: a sticky pad on the caudicle or stipe of a pollinium, by means of which the latter is attached to the pollinating insect. ΚΠ 1931 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 7. 378 In the presence of small pouches in which the viscidia rest..the species falls into Diplacorchis. 1965 W. Richter Orchid World 14 The two pollinia..are different from those of many other orchids in that they are joined together by one viscidium. 1980 T. G. Tutin et al. Flora Europaea V. cciii. 344/1 Rostellum minute. Viscidia in 2 simple bursicles. 2001 Ann. Bot. 88 989 The two Aspidogyne spp. have a dorsally-adhesive viscidium, a feature which precludes pollinators other than bees. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1931
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