单词 | adosculation |
释义 | adosculationn. 1. Impregnation or fertilization of an animal by the external contact of genital orifices, without intromission. Also: †fertilization of plants by pollination (obsolete). Also figurative and in extended use: mouth-to-mouth kissing. Now rare.In quot. 1902, referring to verbal declarations of love. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun] pregnation?a1425 seasoning1511 fecundation?1541 impregnation1605 fructifying1638 adosculation1682 foetification1720 fertilization1837 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others adosculation1682 autogeny?1818 gemmation1836 parthenogenesis1849 virgin production1849 rejuvenescence1853 agamogenesis1857 monogeny1857 autogenesis1858 homogenesis1858 proliferation1864 monogenesis1866 swarming1867 paedogenesis1870 monogony1873 virginal generation1879 division1880 monogenesy1890 parthenogeny1890 anisogamy1891 isogamy1891 paragamy1891 separation1891 paedogenesis1892 parthenism1892 heterogamy1894 thelytoky1895 flagellation1898 cytogamy1899 pseudogamy1900 tychoparthenogenesis1900 syngamy1904 pseudogamy1907 ectogenesis1909 paedogamy1910 apomixis1913 progenesis1934 agamospermy1939 mixis1944 somatogamy1949 decapitation- 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. v. 173 These particles, only by falling on the Uterus, should communicate to it..a Prolifick Virtue; it may seem the more credible, from the manner wherein Coition is made by some Animals; as by many Birds, where there is no Intromission, but only an Adosculation of Parts. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Divers kinds of birds and fishes are also impregnated by adosculation. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 123/1 Adosculation, a term used by Dr Grew, to imply a kind of impregnation, without intromission; and in this manner he supposes the impregnation of plants is effected by the falling of the farina fœcundans on the pistil. 1891 H. F. Keenan Iron Game i. 11 The impulsive Jeannettes of the village..had a vague notion that soldiers, like sailors, were indurated for battle by adosculation. 1902 Lady's Realm 11 617/1 A man's chief delight is to partake in that particular species of adosculation which impregnates a woman's mind with a sensibility transcendent to his own. 1955 M. H. Pope El in Ugaritic Texts iv. 40 Coitus apparently does not take place til..El bends and with a hug and a kiss impregnates the females, which probably does not imply that it was a process of adosculation rather than normal intercourse. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting graffing1398 grafting1483 imping1600 insition1601 engraffmenta1638 engraftment1647 engrafture1654 implantation1654 engraffing1656 escutcheon1658 engrafting1667 adosculation1731 engraftation1816 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Adosculation (in Botany) a joining or insertion of one part of a plant into some cavity, as it were mouth to mouth. 1871 B. H. Smart Pronouncing Dict. (new ed.) Adosculation, the act of grafting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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