| 单词 | he-oak |
| 释义 | > as lemmashe-oak he-oak n. now rare any of several Australasian trees of the family Casuarinaceae; cf. she-oak n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > Australian or New Zealand oak oak1789 she-oak1792 river oak1817 shingle-oak1818 New Zealand oak1835 swamp-oak1837 he-oak1844 river she-oak1872 forest-oak1882 bull oak1884 desert oak1896 1794 G. Thompson Slavery & Famine 18* There are two kinds of oak, called the he and the she oak, but not to be compared with English oak. 1844 L. A. Meredith Notes & Sketches New S. Wales xv. 142 The trees called by the Colonists ‘he-oak’ and ‘she-oak’ (Casuarina stricta and C. torulosa) form a remarkable feature in Australian scenery. They are usually of rather handsome forms... The he-oak has much shorter tresses than the she-oak. 1876 Forest & Stream 13 July 375/3 ‘Wattle’ in large variety, he-oak, she-oak, and very many others. 1959 B. Borg in J. Borg Cacti (ed. 3) 456 At San Antonio Gardens... three kinds of Casuarina, viz: the ‘He Oak’, the ‘Iron Wood of the South Sea Islands’ and the ‘Erect She Oak’. < as lemmas |
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