英语词汇“plant-animal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

plant-animal

/ˈplɑːntˌanɪml/ /ˈplantˌanɪml/

Now rare

noun

An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = zoophyte ( obsolete ). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French †plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον).

单词	plant-animal
释义	plant-animal /ˈplɑːntˌanɪml/ /ˈplantˌanɪml/ Now rare noun An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = zoophyte ( obsolete ). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French †plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον).
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