| 单词 |
hydrophilous |
| 释义 |
hydrophilous, a.|haɪˈdrɒfɪləs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Water-loving. a. Applied to certain insects.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hydrophilus,..applied by Moehring to a Family (Hydrophilæ) corresponding to those which Illiger names Hygrobatæ; loving or frequenting water: hydrophilous.
b. nonce-wd. Fond of a watering-place.
1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 259 The crowded rendezvous of fastidious fashionables and hydrophilous ennui.
c. Bot. Of plants, dependent upon water as the agency of pollination or dissemination of seeds; formerly = hydrophytic (see quot. 1898).
1883D. W. Thompson tr. Müller's Fertilisation of Flowers iii. 567 The plants of this order [sc. Naiadaceæ] are anemophilous or hydrophilous. 1898Pound & Clements Phytogeogr. Nebraska i. iii. 67 Hydrophilous fungi..are algae-like aquatic fungi. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 437/1 Dissemination is effected by the agency of water, of air, of animals—and fruits and seeds are therefore grouped in respect of this as hydrophilous, anemophilous, and zooidophilous. 1920A. Arber Water Plants xviii. 235 Certain plants, however, present transitional methods of pollination, which without being actually hydrophilous, show approaches to this state. 1967C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants ix. 248 The ultimate adaptation to aquatic life is the formation of wholly submerged hydrophilous flowers. 1973Proctor & Yeo Pollination of Flowers viii. 283 Among the most specialised of all hydrophilous species are the Eelgrasses (Zostera). |
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