“nurse-plant”的英文意思

单词

nurse-plant

释义

ˈnurse-plant
[nurse n.¹ or v.]
†1. A seedling plant. Obs. rare^—1.
1601Holland Pliny I. 523 The Broom loueth to be set of Nource-plants, comming of seed, in dry and light grounds.
2. A plant which nourishes a parasite.
1857Henfrey Bot. §40 When the radicle sprouts, it drives its way through the rind of the nurse-plant until it reaches the cambium-layer.Ibid., Beneath the bark of the nurse-plant.1882Gard. Chron. XVII. 20 They cannot be very exacting as to the species of nurse-plant.

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