单词 | maclura thorn |
释义 | > as lemmasMaclura thorn A genus of the family Moraceae, consisting of dioecious trees and shrubs having the male flowers in loose racemes or spikes, the female flowers in dense heads, and the fruit a fleshy syncarp; (also maclura) a plant of this genus, spec. (more fully Maclura thorn) the Osage orange, Maclura pomifera, a thorny tree native to Arkansas and Texas, in the 19th cent. much used for hedging in the United States.Originally the genus Maclura was restricted to the Osage orange, M. pomifera (see above). Subsequently it has often been extended to include the genera Cudrania, Cardiogyne, and Plecospermum, and most species of the genus Chlorophora (including the fustic tree, C. tinctoria: cf. maclurin n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > Osage orange mock orange1814 Osage orange1817 Maclura1818 Osage1884 1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 233 Maclura. (Bow-wood, Yellow-wood.) 1845 Farmers' Cabinet 15 June 338/2 The fields in future will be divided by hedges of Maclura thorn. 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 222 A few Maclura hedges are growing. 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 302 Mr. Tisdell has two hedges of the maclura growing on his farm. 1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 21 The division of the prairies into twenty-acre lots, by the dense hedges of maclura. 1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 32 For a fence of defence, the first in importance is the Maclura, Bodark (Bois d'arc) or Osage Orange; a native of Arkansas and Texas. 1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1823/2 Osage Orange... Formerly known by Nuttall's name Maclura (named for Wm. Maclure, American geologist), but Rafinesque's Toxylon has a year's priority. 1916 Standard Cycl. Hort. IV. 1961/2 [The osage orange] is sometimes described under Toxylon, but this name is replaced with Maclura under the ‘nomina conservanda’ of the international rules. 1994 W. B. Zomlefer Guide Flowering Plant Families 104/2 The carpellate flowers of Maclura and Broussonetia are congested into globose heads. < as lemmas |
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