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▪ I. Joshua1|ˈdʒɒʃuːə|
[f. the Christian name of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92), English painter.]
In full, Sir Joshua. a. A portrait painted by Reynolds. b. A woman resembling those depicted in the portraits of Reynolds.
[1866A. J. Munby Diary 6 July in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 227 One [girl] with a rose in her bosom..looked like a masterpiece of Sir Joshua. ]1875G. H. Lewes Diary 8 July in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1956) VI. 155 Lady Clementina Mitford—quite a Gainsborough or Sir Joshua—charmed me with her beauty. 1972‘M. Innes’ Open House xi. 102 It's a poor class of thing to my eye—me 'aving been in places with Joshuas and the like on the walls.
▪ II. Joshua2 U.S.|ˈdʒɒʃuːə|
[prob. f. the name of the Old Testament leader of the Israelites, in allusion to the branching shape of the tree, compared with that of Joshua brandishing a spear: see Josh. 8:18.]
In full Joshua palm, tree, or yucca. A small evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, bearing clustered white flowers and found in western, desert regions.
1867W. H. Jackson Diary 15 Feb. (1959) i. 134 Sage brush is used for cooking and the cactus or Joshuas, as I hear them called, for other fires. 1897G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 106 Yucca arborescens... Joshua Yucca... Common names... The Joshua (Utah). Joshua Tree (Utah, Ariz., N. Mex.). 1946E. S. Gardner D.A. Breaks Seal 3 Joshua palms, thrusting up grotesque spine-covered arms, made the scenery resemble some fantastic reconstruction of life on another planet. 1948A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 12 A strangely gesticulating Joshua-tree, rough-barked, or furred with dry prickles. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 69 (caption) Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) grow among the fantastic rock formations of the Joshua Tree National Monument in southern California east of Los Angeles. These plants are characteristic of high steppe-desert vegetation in the southwestern U.S. 1964Gleason & Cronquist Nat. Geogr. Plants xxii. 408 Some of the most interesting plants of the Sonoran Floristic Province are giant Joshua (Yucca brevifolia) [etc.]. |