| 单词 | elfin woodland |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselfin woodland 4. elfin-tree n. a dwarfed tree found commonly in alpine regions. elfin-wood n. a wood composed of such trees. Hence elfin timber, elfin woodland. ΚΠ 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. ii. 704 We contrast alpine grassland, alpine shrubland, and alpine desert with those of the lowlands, and retain for alpine forest merely the title elfin-wood. Note, ‘Elfin-wood’ and ‘elfin-tree’ are the terms introduced here as the equivalents of ‘Krummholz’. 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. ii. 705 Elfin-tree..is characterized by a short, gnarled, often oblique or horizontal stem, and long serpentine branches, which are bent in all directions. 1929 J. E. Weaver & F. E. Clements Plant Ecol. xi. 257 The gnarled, sprawling, much-branched, elfin timber grows through the short summer of high altitudes. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest xvi. 346 In many places..the Montane Rain forest consists of dwarf crooked trees smothered with..mosses; this very characteristic type of vegetation is often called..Elfin woodland. < as lemmas |
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