-etum
suffix
- (forming nouns) denoting a collection or plantation of trees or other plants[构成名词]表示“植物群落”, “种植园”:
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arboretum
pinetum.
词源
from Latin.
1688 Evelyn Diary 28 Mar. (1955) IV. 576We went to Kew, to Visite Sir Hen: Capels, whose Orangerie & Myrtetum, are most beautifull.
1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecology iv. 299The suffix -etum is used to designate a consocies of a formation, e.g. Picetum, Caricetum, etc.
1939 Geogr. Jrnl. XCIII. 403The termination -etum in ecological studies denotes an association. The suffix is added to the root of the name of the dominant species.
1964 V. J. Chapman CoastalVeg. i. 11It is convenient to recognize such communities by use of the termination -etum. Thus for a community dominated by species of Salicornia one refers to the Salicornietum. [ sc. associations]
-etum
garden or group of a kind of plant:
garden or group of a kind of plant:
rosetum, pinetum
ORIGIN: Latin -etum neut. of -etus .
-e·tum
\ˈēd.]əm, ˈēt]əm\ noun suffix
(plural -e·ta \]ə\ ; or -etums)
Etymology: Latin -etum
1. : garden or group of a (specified) kind of plant
< rosetum >
< pinetum >
2. : consocies (of a specified plant genus or family)
< characetum >
1.
< rosetum >
< pinetum >
2.
< characetum >