| 单词 | hedge maple |
| 释义 | > as lemmashedge maple hedge maple n. Acer campestre. ΚΠ 1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 12/2 Every lane is aflame with hedge-maples. hedge maple a. A small Eurasian tree, Acer campestre (family Aceraceae), which has five-lobed palmate leaves and occurs commonly in hedgerows (more fully common maple, field maple, or hedge maple). Also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of the numerous trees and shrubs of the genus Acer, chiefly native to north temperate regions, with palmately lobed, entire, or occasionally pinnate leaves, and fruit in the form of a pair of winged samaras joined together, many of which are grown for shade or ornament, for timber, or for syrup. Cf. maple tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 1260 in M. T. Löfvenberg Stud. Middle Eng. Local Surnames (1942) 128 (MED) Gilb. atte Mapole. ?a1300 Gloss. Tree- & Bird-names in M. R. James Catal. MSS St. John's Coll., Cambr. (1913) 155 Arabel, Mapel. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2923 The names how the trees highte As..Mapul, thorn, beech, hasyl..shal nat been tolde for me. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1384 There were elmes grete..Maples, assh, ok. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 337 (MED) This mapil, ook, & asshe endureth longe In floryng. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxixv Reed wethy is beste in marsshe grounde, asshe, maple, hasell, and whytethorne woll serue for a tyme. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4 The Maple seeldom inward sound. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1300 The great Maple, not rightly called the Sycomore tree..is a stranger in England. 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. ii. 65 Mayple,..very excellent, for bowles. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Acer montanum This Maple diffreth little from the last [sc. the common maple], unless it be in the leaf. 1732 Gentleman's Mag. 2 673 The Maple blushing gratifies the Sight. 1856 J. G. Whittier Ranger v Silver birches, golden-hooded, Set with maples, crimson-blooded. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 8/1 The Maple (A. campestre) is a low hedge tree most conspicuous for the golden and purple tints of its foliage in autumn. 1912 S. Leacock Sunshine Sketches i. 9 The maples blaze in glory and die. 1957 M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 376 Common Maple. Acer campestre Linnaeus. Hedge maple, field maple. Usually a small tree..but also seen in hedge-rows as a pollard or, owing to repeated cutting, a shrub. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery i. 19 Before me, lining the roads and coalescing in peaceful woods, were oaks, maples, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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