| 释义 |
nyssa|ˈnɪsə|
[mod.L. (J. F. Gronovius in Linnæus Systema Naturæ (1735)), f. Nysa the name of a water nymph, in allusion to the swamp habitat of some species.]
A deciduous tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Nyssaceæ and native to North America and Asia, esp. the American species Nyssa sylvatica, the tupelo.
1886G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 461/1 Nyssas thrive best in low, damp, moist situations, such as peat swamps. 1901L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. III. 1109/2 Nyssas are trees or shrubs with petiolate, usually entire leaves and small flowers borne in short racemes or dense heads. 1961Amateur Gardening 23 Sept. 3/3 The tulip tree..and the nyssa in the Long Walk to the Pagoda..are among the tallest trees in the Garden [at Kew]. 1962Times 24 Dec. 11/1 No exotics means..no Nyssas. |