"proteranthous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹəʊtəɹˈænθəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌproʊtəɹˈænθəs/ [General-American], /-ɾəɹ-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proteranthous.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ænθəs Etymology: PIE word *h₂éndʰos From protero- (prefix meaning ‘earliest, first’) + antho- (prefix meaning ‘flowers’) + -ous (suffix meaning ‘possession of’ forming adjectives). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₂éndʰos}} *h₂éndʰos, {{PIE word|en|h₂éndʰos}} PIE word *h₂éndʰos, {{root|en|ine-pro|*pro-|*-teros|*-wénts}}, {{vern|garden star-of-Bethlehem}} garden star-of-Bethlehem, {{taxlink|Ornithogalum umbellatum|species}} Ornithogalum umbellatum, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|leaves before flowers}} sense 2, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{affix|en|protero-|antho-|-ous|pos1=prefix meaning ‘earliest, first’|pos2=prefix meaning ‘flowers’|pos3=suffix meaning ‘possession of’ forming adjectives}} protero- (prefix meaning ‘earliest, first’) + antho- (prefix meaning ‘flowers’) + -ous (suffix meaning ‘possession of’ forming adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} proteranthous (not comparable)
  1. Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves. Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Botany Translations (of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves): joka kukkii ennen lehtien kasvamista (Finnish), protéranthe (French), proteranto (Italian)
    Sense id: en-proteranthous-en-adj-en:flowers_before_leaves Disambiguation of Botany: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with antho-, English terms prefixed with protero-, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with antho-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with protero-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves': 75 25
  2. Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers. Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Botany Translations (of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers): jonka lehdet kasvavat ennen kukkimista (Finnish), proteranto (Italian)
    Sense id: en-proteranthous-en-adj-en:leaves_before_flowers Disambiguation of Botany: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with antho-, English terms prefixed with protero-, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with antho-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with protero-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: proteranthy

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  "wikipedia": [
    "Asa Gray"
  ],
  "word": "proteranthous"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.