nuci-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “nut,” used in the formation of compound words:
nuciform.
Origin
combining form representing Latin nuci- (stem of nux) nut
Related Word
- nuciform
nuci-
combining form
- of a nut or nuts表示“坚果的”：
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nuciferous.
词源
from Latin nux, nuc- 'nut'.
1668 Wilkins RealChar. ii. 116*Nuciferous trees, may be distinguished into such as are Europæan; conteining in one common husk One Nut . [ etc.]
1688 Holme Armoury ii. 119/1Nuciferous Trees..bear Fruit in hard husks.
1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 450It is different from ours, being of the nuciferous kind.
1857 A. Gray First Less.Bot. (1866) 223*Nuciform, nut-shaped or nut-like. [ Hence in 1864 Webster and later Dicts.]
1677 Grew Anat. Fruits iii. §8. 185A Walnut, is a *Nuciprune; or betwixt a Plum and a Nut.
1693 Phil. Trans. XVII. 621That *Nucipruniferous, which in Barbados they call the Mastick-Tree.
1892 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Nucitannic, relating to a nut and to tannin.
1894 Foster Med. Dict. ,Nucitannic Acid, a glucoside occurring in the episperm of walnuts.
1892 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Nucitannin, a peculiar form of tannin found by Phipson, along with gallic and ellagic acids, in the outer layer of the episperm of the walnut.
1835 Kirby Hab. &Inst. Anim. II. xxiv. 514The great majority are said to be granivorous, or *nucivorous, or even graminivorous. [ of Mammalians]
词根词缀：nuci-
【来源及含义】Latin: nux-, nuc-, nut
【同源单词】nuciferous, nuciform, nucivore, nucivorous