xenia

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[医] 种子直感

词形变化

xenias 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The concept of hospitality to strangers.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

    不可数 生物 植物学
  3. 1.

    A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.

  4. 1.

    plural of xenium

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā)der. New Latin xeniabor. English xenia Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).

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