| 单词 |
premorse |
| 释义 |
premorse, a. Bot. and Entom.|priːˈmɔːs| Also præ-. [ad. L. præmors-us, pa. pple. of præmordēre to bite (off) in front, f. præ, pre- A. 4 c + mordēre to bite.] Having the end abruptly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Præmorse Leaf,..a leaf which is truncated and terminated by an acute sinus at the summit. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 295 Premorse.., terminating in an irregular truncate apex, as if bitten off. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 192 Its root is premorse or bitten. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 192 Blue Scabious..Herb with a præmorse (abrupt) rootstock. 1887Amer. Naturalist XXI. 529 The types of the modern carrot are the tap-rooted and the premorse-rooted. |

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