“bracteate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

bracteate

释义

bracteate, a. and n.|ˈbræktiːət|
[ad. L. bracteātus, f. bractea: see bract.]
A. adj.
1. Bot. Having bracts, bearing bracts.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. (1858) v. 57 Flowers in heads or dense spikes, bracteate.1870Hooker Stud. Flora 291 Whorls many-flowered, axillary, or in leafy bracteate heads.
2. Formed of metal beaten thin; applied chiefly to coins, medals, or ornaments made of thin plates of gold or silver, the design being hollow on the under side and convex on the upper.
1866Athenæum No. 1996. 139/1 Two Danish bracteate ornaments.
B. n. A bracteate coin or metal; also attrib.
1845Petrie Eccl. Archit. Irel. 213 Bracteates..coined by the first two propagators of Christianity in Denmark and Sweden.1868G. Stephens Runic Mon. II. 505 Few of the earlier Bracteate-stamps can be directly connected with ‘classical’ prototypes.

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