ilbn.

/ɪlb/

Forms: Also ailb, elb.

Etymology: Arabic.

A spiny tree of the genus Zizyphus, esp. Z. spina-Christi, found in North Africa and the Middle East.

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1894 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 330 Zizyphus Lotus Linn. A tree 20–30 feet high. Very common in Hadramaut. Native name, ‘Ailb’. Extends through North Africa and South Europe.

1914–16 E. Blatter Flora of Aden 158 Zizyphus spina Christi... Arabic name: Elb.

1940 F. Stark Winter in Arabia 118 It is only because of the English peace that he can count on the safe and quiet possession of his own waterless strip of 'ilb trees and plough.

1963 Times 12 Mar. 12/6 One looks out over fields of millet and barley, waving date palms and sturdy ilb trees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ilb
释义	ilbn. /ɪlb/ Forms: Also ailb, elb. Etymology: Arabic. A spiny tree of the genus Zizyphus, esp. Z. spina-Christi, found in North Africa and the Middle East. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties fingrigo1707 cockspura1726 thorny trefoil1760 narra1779 driedoring1824 wild Irishman1850 matagouric1857 tumata-kuru1859 Irishman1860 Jerusalem thorn1866 nabk1874 ilb1894 1894 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 330 Zizyphus Lotus Linn. A tree 20–30 feet high. Very common in Hadramaut. Native name, ‘Ailb’. Extends through North Africa and South Europe. 1914–16 E. Blatter Flora of Aden 158 Zizyphus spina Christi... Arabic name: Elb. 1940 F. Stark Winter in Arabia 118 It is only because of the English peace that he can count on the safe and quiet possession of his own waterless strip of 'ilb trees and plough. 1963 Times 12 Mar. 12/6 One looks out over fields of millet and barley, waving date palms and sturdy ilb trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1894
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