英语词汇“adosculation”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

adosculation

释义

adosculation|æˌdɒskjuːˈleɪʃən|
[n. of action, f. adōsculāt- ppl. stem of adōsculā-ri to give a kiss to; f. ad to + ōsculā-ri to kiss; f. ōscul-um a little mouth, dim. of ōs mouth.]
1. Impregnation of animals or plants by mere external contact, without intromission.
1674Grew Anat. Plants iv. v. §9 (1682) 173 By many Birds, where there is no Intromission, but only an Adosculation of Parts.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Divers kinds of birds and fishes are also impregnated by adosculation.
2. The insertion of one part of a plant into another.
1731Bailey, vol. II, Adosculation (in Botany) a joining or insertion of one part of a plant into some cavity, as it were mouth to mouth. [Webster cites Crabb.]

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