单词 | disepalous |
释义 | disepalous in British English (daɪˈsɛpələs) adjective (of flowers or plants) having two sepals disepalous in American English (daɪˈsɛpələs) adjective Botany having two sepals disepalous in American English (daiˈsepələs) adjective Botany having two sepals Word origin [1835–45; di-1 + -sepalous]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, cutaway, faceplate, hot platedi- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double”(diphthong). On this model, di- is freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide) |
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