amber treen.

Brit.

/ˈambə ˌtriː/, U.S.

/ˈæmbər ˌtri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: amber n.², tree n.

Etymology: < amber n.² + tree n.In sense 1 with reference to the fragrant odour of the plant's leaves. In sense 3 shortened < liquidambar tree (see liquidambar n. 2).

†1. Any of several evergreen shrubs belonging to the mainly African genus Anthospermum (family Rubiaceae), having leaves that are fragrant when bruised; esp. A. aethiopicum of South Africa. Obsolete.

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Aspalathus1601

othonne1601

honey flower1712

amber tree1719

Melianthus1731

rhinoceros bush1731

Hottentot cherry1740

sparmannia1801

renosterbos1822

ratsbane1846

black parsley1861

tail-grape1884

milk-tree1885

poison-bush1885

rooibos1893

Natal bottlebrush1907

moonflower1913

1719 G. Harbin in Garden Hist. (1983) 11 25 At the Apothecary's Garden at Chelsea, Aug. 24th... The Amber Tree.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Kalendar 103 Bring out all your hardy Exotick plants, such as Cistus's, Geraniums,..Amber-tree [etc.].

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Anthospermum The Amber-tree, a heath-looking shrub from the Cape of Good Hope.

2. A prehistoric tree of the kind which produced the resin from which amber was formed.

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1839 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 27 211 The first part contains an analytical or rather synthetical account of the amber tree, and of the flowers and fruits of other vegetable productions which grew in the amber woods.

1868 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 5 173 So during the Tertiary period may the Amber-trees have flourished best on the boggy coast which then surrounded the great continent of Northern Europe.

1927 Sci. Monthly Mar. 271/2 The amber trees that grew in northern Europe during a time that the geologists call early Tertiary caught many things in the gum or resin that exuded on wounded surfaces or dropped drop by drop to the ground.

2000 Americas 52 35/1 All Dominican amber seems to come from a single extinct species, the so-called amber tree, Hymenaea protera.

3. A sweet gum or liquidambar tree (genus Liquidambar).liquid amber tree: see liquidambar n. 2.

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1844 G. C. Hebbe & J. MacKay tr. ‘C. Sealsfield’ Life in New World iv. v. 230/1 The sun was already shedding his bright rays through the amber-trees which lined the east side of the plantation.

?1892 tr. F. S. Meyer Handbk. Ornament (ed. 4) 56 (caption) Leaf of the American Amber tree (Liquidamber Styraciflua).

2002 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 7 Sept. B1 She walks to a young amber tree and rubs a leaf. ‘Do you think they'll ever let this shade tree grow really big?’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amber tree
释义	amber treen. Brit. /ˈambə ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈæmbər ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: amber n.², tree n. Etymology: < amber n.² + tree n.In sense 1 with reference to the fragrant odour of the plant's leaves. In sense 3 shortened < liquidambar tree (see liquidambar n. 2). †1. Any of several evergreen shrubs belonging to the mainly African genus Anthospermum (family Rubiaceae), having leaves that are fragrant when bruised; esp. A. aethiopicum of South Africa. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African Aspalathus1601 othonne1601 honey flower1712 amber tree1719 Melianthus1731 rhinoceros bush1731 Hottentot cherry1740 sparmannia1801 renosterbos1822 ratsbane1846 black parsley1861 tail-grape1884 milk-tree1885 poison-bush1885 rooibos1893 Natal bottlebrush1907 moonflower1913 1719 G. Harbin in Garden Hist. (1983) 11 25 At the Apothecary's Garden at Chelsea, Aug. 24th... The Amber Tree. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Kalendar 103 Bring out all your hardy Exotick plants, such as Cistus's, Geraniums,..Amber-tree [etc.]. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Anthospermum The Amber-tree, a heath-looking shrub from the Cape of Good Hope. 2. A prehistoric tree of the kind which produced the resin from which amber was formed. ΚΠ 1839 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 27 211 The first part contains an analytical or rather synthetical account of the amber tree, and of the flowers and fruits of other vegetable productions which grew in the amber woods. 1868 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 5 173 So during the Tertiary period may the Amber-trees have flourished best on the boggy coast which then surrounded the great continent of Northern Europe. 1927 Sci. Monthly Mar. 271/2 The amber trees that grew in northern Europe during a time that the geologists call early Tertiary caught many things in the gum or resin that exuded on wounded surfaces or dropped drop by drop to the ground. 2000 Americas 52 35/1 All Dominican amber seems to come from a single extinct species, the so-called amber tree, Hymenaea protera. 3. A sweet gum or liquidambar tree (genus Liquidambar).liquid amber tree: see liquidambar n. 2. ΚΠ 1844 G. C. Hebbe & J. MacKay tr. ‘C. Sealsfield’ Life in New World iv. v. 230/1 The sun was already shedding his bright rays through the amber-trees which lined the east side of the plantation. ?1892 tr. F. S. Meyer Handbk. Ornament (ed. 4) 56 (caption) Leaf of the American Amber tree (Liquidamber Styraciflua). 2002 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 7 Sept. B1 She walks to a young amber tree and rubs a leaf. ‘Do you think they'll ever let this shade tree grow really big?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1719
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