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单词 herbivory
释义

herbivory

/(h)əˈbivərē /
noun
The eating of plants, especially ones that are still living: in response to herbivory, plants defend themselves with arrays of structural and chemical weapons...
  • Any change in a plant that occurs following herbivory is an ‘induced response’.
  • I have characterized induced resistance of cucumber plants to spider mite herbivory in detail elsewhere.
  • Also, plant herbivory is an unlikely explanation for the decline in inflorescence number because plants were caged during this study.

Origin

Mid 20th century: from herbivor(ous) + -y.

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