leylandiin.

Brit.

/leɪˈlandɪʌɪ/, U.S.

/leɪˈlændiaɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin leylandii.

Etymology: < scientific Latin leylandii, specific epithet of the tree (A. B. Jackson & W. Dallimore 1926, in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 114), genitive of Leylandius , Latinized form of the name of Christopher John Leyland (see Leyland n.). Compare earlier Leyland n.

The Leyland cypress, × Cupressocyparis leylandii, a hybrid conifer noted for the height which it can rapidly attain as a garden tree, and hence widely grown as a screening plant and for shelter. More fully leylandii cypress, leylandii tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun]

cone tree1657

conifer1851

leylandii1988

1988 Gardener Feb. 53/3 It may be worthwhile covering the treated stumps..to prevent the vapour spreading and affecting your leylandii hedge.

1990 Pract. Gardening Nov. 6/1 Eight golden Leylandii cypresses..barred the view of the open countryside.

1994 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 3/1 Yesterday a feud between two elderly residents over a line of 35ft leylandii trees reached the Appeal Court.

2000 Independent 4 July i. 3/2 Leylandii have been blamed for the lack of care of their owners—people don't cut them back and then the trees get the blame.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leylandii
释义	leylandiin. Brit. /leɪˈlandɪʌɪ/, U.S. /leɪˈlændiaɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin leylandii. Etymology: < scientific Latin leylandii, specific epithet of the tree (A. B. Jackson & W. Dallimore 1926, in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 114), genitive of Leylandius , Latinized form of the name of Christopher John Leyland (see Leyland n.). Compare earlier Leyland n. The Leyland cypress, × Cupressocyparis leylandii, a hybrid conifer noted for the height which it can rapidly attain as a garden tree, and hence widely grown as a screening plant and for shelter. More fully leylandii cypress, leylandii tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] cone tree1657 conifer1851 leylandii1988 1988 Gardener Feb. 53/3 It may be worthwhile covering the treated stumps..to prevent the vapour spreading and affecting your leylandii hedge. 1990 Pract. Gardening Nov. 6/1 Eight golden Leylandii cypresses..barred the view of the open countryside. 1994 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 3/1 Yesterday a feud between two elderly residents over a line of 35ft leylandii trees reached the Appeal Court. 2000 Independent 4 July i. 3/2 Leylandii have been blamed for the lack of care of their owners—people don't cut them back and then the trees get the blame. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988
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