east
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
|
1996
|
|
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
east adv. OE.; sb. (OE.
ēaste fem.); adj. (in OE. only compar.
ēast(er)ra, superl.
ēast(e)mest). OE.
ēast- in comps. (e.g.
ēastende eastern region,
Ēastangle East-Anglians) = OFris.
āst, OS., OHG.
ōst (Du.
oost, G.
ost), repr. Gmc. *
austa- (with suffix *
-nō- in OE.
ēastan, OS., OHG.
ōstana, ON.
austan from the east); as adv. prob. shortening of *
ēaster = OS., OHG.
ōstar, ON.
austr toward the east :- Gmc. *
austra-, which is found in the proper names
Ēstranglī (Bede) East-Anglians, OHG.
Ōstarrīhi (G.
Österreich) Austria; f. IE. base *
aus-, as in L.
aurōra (:- *
ausōsā), Gr. (Aeolic)
aúōs, Lith.
aušrà, Skr.
uşā́- dawn.
So †
easter eastern. XIV–XIX. perh. continuing OE. compar.
ēasterra. Hence prob.
easterly XVI.
eastern. OE.
ēasterne = OS., OHG.
ōstroni, ON.
austrœnn :- Gmc. *
austrōnja-,
eastward adv. toward the east. OE.
ēastewearde; hence as adj. XV.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Identification of the asexual state of Rhizopus species on histologic tissue sections in a patient with rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...in the order Mucorales in the phylum Zygomycota. The most well-known form of this...in the order Mucorales in the phylum Zygomycota (Table 1).1 The older term phycomycosis...culture media, since the hyphae of the Zygomycota are indistinguishable from each other...
|
|
Research from University of Colorado has provided new data on antifungals.
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 1/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...aeruginosa strains. Antifungal activity for zygomycota fungi decreased with increasing hydrophobicity...1569-fold and 62-fold better for zygomycota fungi and ascomycota fungi, respectively...fold, enhanced antifungal activity to zygomycota fungi by 16-fold and improved the...
|
|
Los hongos fosiles o la paleomicologia.(Ensayos)
Magazine article from: Interciencia; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pertenecientes a los phyla Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota y Basidiomycota. Sin embargo, en lo...Morphotypes belonging to the Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota and Basidiomycota phyla have also been...pertencentes aos phyla Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota e Basidiomvcota. No entanto, no referente...
|
|
The Influence of Light on the Development of the Coprophilous Fungus, Pilobolus
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...This fungus is classified as a "Zygote Fungus", Phylum Zygomycota (Zygomycotina when treated as a Subdivision), a zygospore...resistant stage that becomes dormant and characterizes phylum Zygomycota. As the zygosporangium germinates into a short sporangiophore...
|
|
Comparison of protein coding gene contents of the fungal phyla Pezizomycotina and Saccharomycotina.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Genomics; 9/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...revolutionized. The fungal kingdom is divided in Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Deuteromycota...addition one Archeascomycota, four Basidiomycota and one Zygomycota were included as reference species outside the two phyla...
|
|
Research data from I. Schmitt and colleagues update understanding of life sciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...for representative species of Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Zygomycota. Rhizoxin sensitivity assays revealed two further amino acids...resistance took place in the ancestor of extant resistant Zygomycota," wrote I. Schmitt and colleagues. The researchers concluded...
|
|
New biotechnology data have been reported by M.B. Carvalho and co-authors.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Business Week; 10/19/2009; 632 words
; ...Biotechnology (Screening pentachlorophenol degradation ability by environmental fungal strains belonging to the phyla Ascomycota and Zygomycota. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2009;36(10):1249-1256). For additional information...
|
|
Golden Moldies
Magazine article from: Natural History; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...overarching heading of the Fungi kingdom, or true fungi, are grouped the phyla Chytridiomycota (one-tailed spores), Zygomycota (pin molds and their diverse relatives), Ascomycota (sac fungi), and Basidiomycota (club fungi). Similarities in...
|
|
Data on science described by R.Y. Zheng et al.
Newspaper article from: China Weekly News; 3/31/2009; 403 words
; ...of the genus is also provided. Zheng and colleagues published their study in Nova Hedwigia (Taxa of Pilaira (Mucorales, Zygomycota) from China. Nova Hedwigia, 2009;88(1-2):255-267). For additional information, contact R.Y. Zheng, Chinese...
|
|
Researchers develop new self-training gene prediction program for fungi.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 10/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...predicted genes. To test the algorithm, the researchers selected 16 fungal species from the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Zygomycota and compiled sets of genome sequences containing previously validated genes. The species spanned large evolutional distances...
|
|
Zygomycota
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zygomycota , a phylum of the kingdom Fungi .
|
|
|
Fungi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...commonly classed together as fungi are customarily divided into four phyla, or divisions: Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Deuteromycota. Zygomycota includes black bread mold and molds, such as those of the genus Glomus, that form important...
|
|
Mycorrhizae
Book article from: Biology
...most common type, are associations between most crop plants, grasses, forbs , and many trees and fungi in the division Zygomycota, order Glomales. Both fossil and molecular evidence indicate that the earliest land plants had arbuscular mycorrhizal partnerships...
|
|
fungi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...organisms. The principal criteria used in classification are the nature of the spores produced and the presence or absence of cross walls within the hyphae (see Ascomycota ; Basidiomycota ; Deuteromycota ; Zygomycota ). See also lichens .
|
|
|
zygospore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
zygospore A zygote with a thick resistant wall, formed by some algae and fungi (see Zygomycota ). It results from the fusion of two gametes, neither of which is retained by the parent in any specialized sex organ (such...
|
