单词 | mangonism |
释义 | † ˈmangonism Obs. [a. F. mangonisme, f. L. mangōn-, mango broker, dealer in vamped goods: see -ism.] 1. (See quot.)
1656Blount Glossogr. [copying Cotgr.], Mangonism, the craft of pampering, trimming or setting out saleable things. 2. A method of treating plants contrary to nature in order to produce changes in their growth.
1691Evelyn Kal. Hort., March 41 Let Gentlemen and Ladies..trust little by Mangonisme, Insuccations, or Medicine to alter the Species, or indeed the Forms and Shapes of Flowers considerably. 1693― De la Quint. Compl. Gard. Dict. s.v. a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 136 The flower or fruit, either in bulk or number, may not equally succeed by such mangonism. |

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