polynose
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
polynose (plural polynoses)
- (rare) Synonym of samara (winged fruit from trees)
- 2000, Robert Reiss, Doctor Yank, page 29:
- His half came down slowly like a polynose of a maple tree leaf and he landed unharmed.
- 2007, Hal Laza, The Green Embrace, page 77:
- So we follow dear Jenny along the mountaintop trail, until it descends to the forest below, where Maple and Oak, and violet Trefoil, and velvety Viburnum grow; where polynose clusters hang from Striped Maple, and Cinnamon Ferns that show.
- 2008, Dennis La Boyne, The Stick, page 210:
- He engaged the leader and got a perfect hit on his wing root and he was gone; he went into a wild spin and dropped like a polynose.
- 2016, Lisa A Koosis, Resurrecting Sunshine:
- Polynoses spiral down from it, just as I remember.
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
polynose (not comparable)
- (textiles, Eastern Europe) Pertaining to a modification of viscose fibers in which the cellulose is copolymerized.
- 1967, Russian Chemical Reviews, volume 36, page 114:
- The energy of the interaction of macromolecules in "polynose" fibres is much greater than that in ultra-strong cord fibres.
- 1982, Bulgarian Foreign Trade, volumes 31-32, page 38:
- The improved fibrous crystallization of the polynose fibre lends excellent stability to the finished product.
- 1989, Basic Methodological Principles Governing the Compilation of the System of Statistical Balances of the National Economy, volume 2, United Nations Statistical Office:
- Manufacture of staple (viscose, polynose and cuprammonium fibre) and regenerated protein fibre, acetate, triacetate, organzine and other artificial fibres