释义 |
† ople Obs. [ad. L. opulus: app. formed by Turner. Cf. opier.] The Guelder Rose or Water Elder (Viburnum Opulus).
1551Turner Herbal ii. (1562) 69 Opulus,..Conradus Gesnerus tolde me that it is called in Frenche vn opier. I neuer saw it in England, but it may be called in English an ople tre. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxx. 760 Of Marris Elder, Ople, or Dwarffe Plane tree. 1611Cotgr., Obier, the Ople, water Elder, marsh Elder, Dwarfe plane, Whitten tree. 1706Phillips, Ople, a Shrub otherwise call'd Water-elder. |