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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROSTELLUM

From Latin: a little beak, from rōstrum a beak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROSTELLUM

rostellum  [rɒˈstɛləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROSTELLUM

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Rostellum is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ROSTELLUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rostellum

Rostellum

The rostellum is a projecting part of the column in Orchidaceae flowers, and separates the male stamen from the female gynoecium, commonly preventing self-fertilisation. In many orchids, such as Orchis mascula, the pollinia or pollen masses, are connected by stipes down to adhesive discs attached to the rostellum which forms cups keeping the discs or balls sticky. In the Catasetum flower an extension of the rostellum forms a narrow feeler or "antenna" projecting forward over the labellum. In Catasetum flowers the rostellum projects forward at each side as an "antenna", and the pollen masses are connected by a bent stalk or pedicel to a sticky disc kept moist at the back of the flower. When an insect touches an "antenna", this releases the bent pedicel which springs straight and fires the pollinium, sticky disc first, at the insect. Charles Darwin described in Fertilisation of Orchids how he "touched the antennæ of C. callosum whilst holding the flower at about a yard's distance from the window, and the pollinium hit the pane of glass, and adhered to the smooth vertical surface by its adhesive disc."...

Definition of rostellum in the English dictionary

The definition of rostellum in the dictionary is a small beaklike process, such as the hooked projection from the top of the head in tapeworms or the outgrowth from the stigma of an orchid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROSTELLUM


antebellum
ˌæntɪˈbɛləm
capitellum
ˌkæpɪˈtɛləm
cerebellum
ˌsɛrɪˈbɛləm
clitellum
klɪˈtɛləm
cribellum
krɪˈbɛləm
flabellum
fləˈbɛləm
flagellum
fləˈdʒɛləm
haustellum
hɔːˈstɛləm
involucellum
ɪnˌvɒljʊˈsɛləm
labellum
ləˈbɛləm
pelham
ˈpɛləm
pellum
ˈpɛləm
phellem
ˈfɛləm
post-bellum
ˈpəʊstˈbɛləm
sacellum
səˈkɛləm
schellum
ˈskɛləm
scutellum
skjuːˈtɛləm
skellum
ˈskɛləm
skelm
ˈskɛləm
vellum
ˈvɛləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROSTELLUM

rosser
Rossetti
Rossini
Rossiya
Rostand
rostella
rostellar
rostellate
roster
rosti
Rostock
Rostov
Rostov-on-Don
rostra
rostral
rostrally
rostrate
rostrocarinate
Rostropovich
rostrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROSTELLUM

aspergillum
blellum
bryophyllum
castellum
chillum
corallum
intervallum
Luguvallum
macallum
podophyllum
sensillum
spathiphyllum
spirillum
vallum
vexillum

Synonyms and antonyms of rostellum in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rostellum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROSTELLUM

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The translations of rostellum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rostellum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顶突
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

róstelo
570 millions of speakers

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rostellum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rostellum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منقاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ростеллюма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rostellum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rostellum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rostellum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rostellum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kostellum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小嘴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rostellum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rostellum
85 millions of speakers
vi

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rostellum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rostellum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोस्टेलम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rostellum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rostello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rostellum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ростеллюма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rostellum
30 millions of speakers
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rostellum
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

rostellum
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

rostellum
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

rostellum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rostellum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROSTELLUM»

The term «rostellum» is used very little and occupies the 155.602 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROSTELLUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rostellum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROSTELLUM»

Discover the use of rostellum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rostellum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Classification of Flowering Plants
The gland originates in the interior of the rostellum as in Orchis, but tissue- degeneration proceeds almost or quite to the surface, so that only a very thin membrane remains, which is removed with the gland, or the latter may be quite naked.
Alfred Barton Rendle, 1967
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Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast
Rostellum elongate, acute, slender 10 - Rostellum lamellate, truncate, massive 14 10. Lip 3-lobed, sidelobes fimbriate, rarely reduced to small tooth 51. Tridactyle - Lip usually unlobed or very obscurely 3-lobed 1 1 11. Rostellum very fírm 12 ...
Dariusz Szlachetko, Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Joanna Mytnik-Ejsmont, 2008
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Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae
Column with a foot; rostellum only weakly dentate. . . .36 ○ Column lacking a foot ; rostellum always prominent . . .37 Labellum mostly circular to subquadrate and about as long as broad, sometimes with a basal tooth; inflorescence mostly ...
Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, 2014
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The Families of the Monocotyledons: Structure, Evolution, ...
Orchidaceae. Different kinds of pollinium stalks, schematically. A caudicula is formed inside the anther whereas a "stipes" is derived from the rostellum. A tegula is an epidermal strap, and a hamulus is the recurved apical part of the rostellum.
Harold Trevor Clifford, Peter Yeo, 1985
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Orchid Biology VIII: Reviews and Perspectives. 8
Rostellum, Viscidia The term 'rostellum' is here used in the narrow sense, comprising the non- receptive and modified apical portion of the median stigma lobe. Some authors use the term 'rostellum' in a broader sense including all of the  ...
Tiiu Kull, Joseph Arditti, 2002
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A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns
The rostellum has an outer firm pouch, inside which is the viscid substance to which are firmly attached the caudicles of the pollinia. An insect entering the fl. probes the spur of the labellum and its back comes into contact with the rostellum and ...
John Christopher Willis, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, 1973
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Animal Parasites: Their Life Cycles and Ecology
B, Hook from rostellum. C, Mature proglottid. D, Gravid proglottid. E, Egg with oncosphere. F, Invaginated cysticercoid. G-K, R. )R.) echinobothrida. G, Scolex. H, Hooks from rostellum. I, Mature proglottid. J, Gravid proglottid. K, Invaginated ...
Oliver Wilford Olsen, 1974
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An Atlas of Orchid Pollination: European Orchids
The moth's proboscis is inserted past the lateral notches in the rostellum and into one of the two floral spurs. Pol- linaria become fixed when the flexible, plate-like viscidia, seated in lateral rostellum notches, fold around the proboscis.
Nelis A. Van Der Cingel, 2001
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Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family
In many orchids there is a discrete "viscidium," or sticky pad, formed by the rostellum. Typically, this structure is sticky on one side and already has the pollinia attached to its other side when the flower opens. Thus, the viscidium sticks to the ...
Robert L. Dressler, 1993
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Modern Plant Taxonomy, 1E
14.4(a) In Monandriae, the column bears one fertile stamen, two fertile stigmas that are fused and a medium beak-like rostellum, that helps in pollination. The single fertile stamen is the odd one and it belongs to the outer whorl. In primitive ...
N S Subrahmanyam, 2009

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROSTELLUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rostellum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kene nedir, nerelerde bulunur, nasıl yapışır, nasıl çıkarılır?
Gnathosoma: Baş kısmıdır. Ağız parçaları (rostellum), bir çift pedipalp (palp), bir çift keliser, keliser kılıfı, delmeye ve kan emmeye yarayan hipostom 'dan oluşur. «Haber Evet, Jul 15»
2
The Little Boy Who Should've Vanished, But Didn't
Edmond had discovered the rostellum, the lid that many orchid plants (vanilla included) have, probably to keep the plant from fertilizing itself. Could you do it ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
3
Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance …
Although Hemipilia appears well circumscribed florally by its protruding rostellum, a few species of other genera share its vegetative character of a single, flat, ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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You don't use a bomb to kill a fly
It has a row of hooks at the rostellum (fleshy protuberance) as well as a row of suckers immediately below that which enables it to securely fasten itself to our ... «AsiaOne, Apr 15»
5
Of Scholars and Tapeworms
Students identify the tapeworms based on their characteristics, like their head-like scolex; their hook-like rostellum that attaches to their host's digestive tract; and ... «UConn Today, Apr 15»
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Tasemnice - popis, výskyt, obrana
Část tasemnic ( konkrétně rod Cyclophyllidea) má na skolexu jakýsi zasunovatelný chobotek (rostellum), který je navíc opatřen háčky pro optimální přichycení ... «Enviweb, Jul 13»
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Flavour of freedom
... the rostellum and connected the anther and stigmatic surfaces. The deft flick of Edmond's thumb and finger was an action that would forever change the worlds ... «The Voice Online, Mar 13»
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The Bizarre Sex Life of an Orchid
Finally, the stipe curves back up and around the rostellum and inserts the pollinia into the stigma cavity. While most flowers spread their pollen to other plants, ... «LiveScience.com, Jun 06»

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