| 单词 | lac tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslac tree lac tree n. (a) any tree that is a host to lac insects; (b) the lacquer tree of East Asia, Toxicodendron vernicifluum. ΚΠ 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 252 (heading) Lacca-tree. Lacca. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 331 The species, called by Mr. Miller the true lac tree, was found to contain, in its bark..a somewhat milky juice. 1803 T. Smith Wonders Nature & Art V. 30 The lacca-tree, which grows in Malabar, Pegu, and other parts of India, is remarkable for yielding a gum called lacca or lake. 1910 Indian Forest Mem. 1 iii. 38 The lac trees are leased to contractors who employ labourers to cut the lac-bearing twigs before the larvae swarm. 1979 Trop. Legumes: Resources for Future (National Acad. Sci.–National Res. Council (U.S.)) vii. 246 Of all lac trees, flame-of-the-forest yields the most sticklac per hectare. 2012 L. Justice China's Design Revol. ii. 21 The first plastic may have been lacquer ware, made from the resin of the lac tree. < as lemmas |
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