milk-bushn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkbʊʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌbʊʃ/, Australian English

/ˈmɪlkˌbʊʃ/, South African English

/ˈmɪlkbʊʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, bush n.¹

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + bush n.¹

Any of various shrubs or small trees of the southern hemisphere which have a milky sap and are often succulent; esp. (a) South African and Indian English, the small tree Euphorbia tirucalli (family Euphorbiaceae), native to Africa and cultivated or naturalized in parts of India and South-East Asia; (b) Australian the shrub Wrightia saligna (family Apocynaceae), formerly used as a fodder plant; (c) Australian the caustic bush, Sarcostemma australe.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun]

physic nut1657

milk-bush1696

milk-tree1698

poison-bush1740

jatropha1754

milky-hedge1773

milk hedge1780

chandelier plant1827

Jew bush1830

candelabrum1834

poinsettia1836

slipper-plant1848

coquillo1851

zebra poison1871

oil tree1879

picture-tree1885

slipper spurs1887

monkey fiddle1913

milk plant1965

stringwood-

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun]

milk-bush1696

hule1846

seringa1847

seringue1850

jintawan1851

gutta-percha1860

taban1861

melkbos1862

rubber plant1863

palay1866

Honduras rubber1870

hevea1878

tunu1883

black rubber vine1887

guayule1906

kok-saghyz1932

1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 514 Goats..in India sustain themselves by grazing on the Milk-bush, the ordinary Hedge of that Country.

1780 I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operations (1789) 80 Thorn hedges are sometimes placed in gardens; but in the fields the milk bush is most commonly used.

1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. 133 The milk-bush (ficus), a tree not unlike a Portugal laurel.

1861 J. A. Grant Jrnl. 27 May in Walk across Afr. (1864) v. 79 After we had entered the first milk-bush enclosure, there were several cleanly-swept windings.

1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 15 Pitching the tent so as to enclose three large milk bushes.

1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. i. 3 The milk-bushes with their long, finger-like leaves..were touched by a weird and an almost oppressive beauty as they lay in the white light.

1897 L. Lindley-Cowen West Austral. Settler's Guide 489 The indigenous valuable fodder plant, known locally as the ‘milk-bush’.

1907 Nature 17 Jan. 288/1 The common milkbush of the karroo and karroid regions of the interior, viz. Euphorbia mauritanica.

1926 J. M. Black Flora S. Austral. iii. 463 S[arcostemma] australe, R. Br. Milk Bush; Tableland Caustic Bush.

1965 Austral. Encycl. VI. 84/1 Milkbush, a popular name for several shrubs or small trees with a milky sap, especially Wrightia saligna in the family Apocynaceæ.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 259 The milk bush grows here, the Euphorbia mauritanica of botanists, with its long, smooth, fleshy, yellow-green stems.

1984 A. Brink Wall of Plague I. 213 They go down the slope under the bridge, following the red footpath that runs between milk bushes and proteas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milk-bush
释义	milk-bushn. Brit. /ˈmɪlkbʊʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌbʊʃ/, Australian English /ˈmɪlkˌbʊʃ/, South African English /ˈmɪlkbʊʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, bush n.¹ Etymology: < milk n.¹ + bush n.¹ Any of various shrubs or small trees of the southern hemisphere which have a milky sap and are often succulent; esp. (a) South African and Indian English, the small tree Euphorbia tirucalli (family Euphorbiaceae), native to Africa and cultivated or naturalized in parts of India and South-East Asia; (b) Australian the shrub Wrightia saligna (family Apocynaceae), formerly used as a fodder plant; (c) Australian the caustic bush, Sarcostemma australe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun] physic nut1657 milk-bush1696 milk-tree1698 poison-bush1740 jatropha1754 milky-hedge1773 milk hedge1780 chandelier plant1827 Jew bush1830 candelabrum1834 poinsettia1836 slipper-plant1848 coquillo1851 zebra poison1871 oil tree1879 picture-tree1885 slipper spurs1887 monkey fiddle1913 milk plant1965 stringwood- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun] milk-bush1696 hule1846 seringa1847 seringue1850 jintawan1851 gutta-percha1860 taban1861 melkbos1862 rubber plant1863 palay1866 Honduras rubber1870 hevea1878 tunu1883 black rubber vine1887 guayule1906 kok-saghyz1932 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 514 Goats..in India sustain themselves by grazing on the Milk-bush, the ordinary Hedge of that Country. 1780 I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operations (1789) 80 Thorn hedges are sometimes placed in gardens; but in the fields the milk bush is most commonly used. 1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. 133 The milk-bush (ficus), a tree not unlike a Portugal laurel. 1861 J. A. Grant Jrnl. 27 May in Walk across Afr. (1864) v. 79 After we had entered the first milk-bush enclosure, there were several cleanly-swept windings. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 15 Pitching the tent so as to enclose three large milk bushes. 1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. i. 3 The milk-bushes with their long, finger-like leaves..were touched by a weird and an almost oppressive beauty as they lay in the white light. 1897 L. Lindley-Cowen West Austral. Settler's Guide 489 The indigenous valuable fodder plant, known locally as the ‘milk-bush’. 1907 Nature 17 Jan. 288/1 The common milkbush of the karroo and karroid regions of the interior, viz. Euphorbia mauritanica. 1926 J. M. Black Flora S. Austral. iii. 463 S[arcostemma] australe, R. Br. Milk Bush; Tableland Caustic Bush. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VI. 84/1 Milkbush, a popular name for several shrubs or small trees with a milky sap, especially Wrightia saligna in the family Apocynaceæ. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 259 The milk bush grows here, the Euphorbia mauritanica of botanists, with its long, smooth, fleshy, yellow-green stems. 1984 A. Brink Wall of Plague I. 213 They go down the slope under the bridge, following the red footpath that runs between milk bushes and proteas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1696
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