| 单词 | hoop-pine |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoop-pine hoop-pine n. the Moreton Bay Pine ( Araucaria Cunninghamii) of eastern Australia (Morris). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > other conifers juniper1748 bald cypress1785 Norfolk Island pine1803 Norfolk pine1804 taxodium1821 kahikatea1823 Moreton Bay pine1826 mai1831 matai1831 white pine1833 podocarp1846 black rue1864 plum fir1866 cephalotaxus1883 hoop-pine1884 mountain hemlock1884 tide-land spruce1891 kahika1921 Leyland's cypress1933 Metasequoia1941 1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales xv. 33 (heading) Araucaria. (Natural Order Coniferae.)..A. Cunninghamii.—Moreton Bay Pine; Colonial Pine; Hoop Pine.— A noble tree with a pyramidal or somewhat flattened head. 1920 B. Cronin Timber Wolves i. 21 Well, what wood are they using for their matches now? I'll tell you. Their substitute is Queensland hoop pine, and I ain't heard any complaints yet. 1956 M. L. West Gallows on Sand xv. 153 I showed her the great hoop-pines, whose seeds had been carried by birds from the mainland [of Australia]. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 25/1 Another Australian species is the Richmond-river-pine or hoop-pine (A. cunninghamii), the latter name deriving from its bark, which has horizontal cracks in encircling bands. < as lemmas |
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