| 单词 |
spinose |
| 释义 |
spinose, a.|spaɪˈnəʊs|
[ad. L. spīnōs-us (whence also It. spinoso, Sp. espinoso, Pg. espinhoso, OF. espinous, -eus, F. épineux), f. spīna thorn.]
†1. = spinous a. 1. Obs.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. viii. iii. 369 If this Childe of God prove something spinose and harsh in opposing, rebuking [etc.]. 1665Glanvill Def. Van. Dogm. 89 A spurious medley of nice, spinose, and useless notions. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 20 Of spinose, frivolous questions, such as assume the name of Science but deserve not the same.
2. Zool. = spinous a. 3.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge A vj b, Oxyrinchus, stellarie oculate and clavate, spinose, rough. c1711Petiver Gazophyl. iv. xl, I have observed one or two of this Genus of Insects in England, tho not Spinose. 1742Phil. Trans. XLII. 28 The Cartilaginous and Spinose kinds of Fishes. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. x. 307 The hard and often spinose crust of crabs or lobsters. 1852Dana Crust. ii. 1530 The tendency to spinose forms among the species of the colder temperate regions. 1896Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. V. 65 The spinose land-terrapin (Geoëmyda spinosa).
3. Bot. = spinous a. 2.
1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 687 'Tis spinose, and trifoliate, the Flower and Seed of a coccineous Colour. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Leaf, Spinose Leaf, that whose disk or edge is armed with cartilaginous points..firmly affixed. 1772J. R. Forster Kalm's Trav. I. 130 When the hedges consist of spinose bushes, the cattle will hardly attempt to get through them. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 8 Achenes tubercled or spinose. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. i. vii. 8 In Whin or Furze, both the leaves..and the branches are spinose.
Comb.1857T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 41 Serratures spinose-mucronate. 1857Henfrey Bot. 56 These teeth..may be tipped with spines when they are termed spinose-serrate.
Hence spiˈnosely adv.
1847W. E. Steele Field Bot. 84 Leaves minutely spinosely ciliated on edge. Ibid. 163 Leaves..spinosely serrate. |
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