单词 | kurrajong |
释义 | kurrajongn. Australian. A native Australian name for any plant or tree having a tough bark yielding a fibre; hence applied with qualifications to various trees, some called also cordage-trees. black kurrajong n. Sterculia diversifolia, and S. quadrifida. brown kurrajong n. Commersonia echinata, and Brachychiton gregorii. green kurrajong n. Hibiscus heterophyllus. Tasmanian kurrajong n. Plagianthus sidoides. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 1823 Uniacke Oxley's Exp. The nets..are made..from the bark of the kurrajong (Hibiscus heterophyllus). 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. iii. 91 Dillis neatly worked of koorajong bark. 1888 Cassell's Picturesque Australasia III. 138 Quaint currajongs..very like in form to the stiff wooden trees we have all played with in childish days. 1890 ‘Lyth’ Golden South ix. 78 Forests of native apple, eucalypti, she oaks, kurragong, cedar, and wattle trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823 |
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