单词 | lammas growth |
释义 | > as lemmasLammas growth Lammas growth n. [equivalent of German Johannestrieb St. John's shoot, in allusion to St. John the Baptist's day, 24 June] Forestry a shoot produced by a tree in summer, after a pause in growth. ΚΠ 1950 F. S. Baker Princ. Silviculture xv. 302 So-called ‘lammas growth’ is common in some species... In vigorous young oak trees the lammas shoot formation may be repeated three or four times a season. 1971 T. T. Kozlowski Growth & Devel. Trees I. v. 204 Lammas growth often causes profuse branching and knotty lumber. < as lemmas |
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