| 单词 |
pectinate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. pectinate, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist.|ˈpɛktɪnət|
[ad. L. pectināt-us, f. pecten comb: see -ate2.]
= pectinated.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Pectinatum folium, a pectinate leaf. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 321 Pectinate... Antennæ furnished on one side with a number of parallel stiff branches, resembling somewhat the teeth of a comb. 1833A. Eaton Man. Bot. N. Amer. ii. (ed. 6) 129. 1846 Dana Zooph. 594 Margin of the pinnules pectinate. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 189 Bracts with..pectinate tip and margins.
▪ II. pectinate, v.|ˈpɛktɪneɪt|
[f. L. pectināt-, ppl. stem of pectināre to comb, f. pecten comb.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
1623Cockeram, Pectinate, to comb. 1656in Blount.
2. To fit together in alternation, like the teeth of two combs; to interlock.
†a. trans. Obs. rare.
b. intr. in reciprocal sense: = interdigitate.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxii. 266 To sit crosse legg'd, or with our fingers pectinated or shut together is accounted bad. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 234 The bundles..are separated from one another by other bundles, which pass between them, and pectinate with them. |
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