2011年8月12日 星期五

bracken, pinnately, dryish, geayish


He had cut the rough turf and bracken, leaving the grey, dryish soil bare.

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bracken

n.
  1. A widespread, often weedy fern (Pteridium aquilinum) having large, triangular, pinnately compound fronds and often forming dense thickets.
  2. An area overgrown with this fern.
[Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian origin.]


pin·nate (pĭn'āt') pronunciation
also pin·nat·ed ('tĭd)
adj.
Resembling a feather; having parts or branches arranged on each side of a common axis: a polyp with a pinnate form; pinnate leaves.

[Latin pinnātus, feathered, from pinna, feather.]
pinnately pin'nate'ly adv.

adj. - 羽狀的

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 羽状の, 翼のある

FROND
n. - 植物體

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 葉, 葉状体


bracken
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Pteridium


n. - 歐洲蕨

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ワラビ, ワラビの茂み

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The overall form of the tree with its many upward-thrusting branches is like the shape of any one of its leaves. (This is more or less evident for most varieties of tree.) The maple leaf is pinnate-shaped – reminiscent of a feather. (The Latin for “feather” is pinna.) The face of the leaf is a salad green; its back is a greenish silver. The inscribed destiny of the maple is to be pinnate.--John BERGER