英语词汇“pulvinate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

pulvinate

释义

pulvinate, a.|ˈpʌlvɪnət|
[ad. L. pulvīnāt-us made into or like a cushion, f. pulvīn-us cushion: see -ate². In F. pulviné, Cotgr. 1611.]
Pillowy, cushion-like, pulvinar; in Bot. and Entom., cushion-shaped, swelling or bulging like a cushion.
1824R. K. Greville Flora Edin. 235 G[rimmia] pulvinata, stems short, pulvinate.1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 328 Pulvinate, when in consequence of being depressed in one place, it seems to puff out in another.1863Berkeley Brit. Mosses Gloss., Pulvinate, forming cushion-like masses.
Hence ˈpulvinately adv. Bot., in a pulvinate manner. Also pulviˈnato- comb. form, as pulvinato-echinulate adj., echinulate and partly pulvinate.
1890Cent. Dict., Pulvinately.1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 415 Surface pulvinato-echinulate.

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