单词 | morrel |
释义 | morreln. Botany. Any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (family Myrtaceae) of south-western Australia, esp. the rough-barked trees E. longicornis, which has a durable reddish wood, and E. melanoxylon, which has a very hard blackish wood. Also: the wood of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > eucalyptus > type of morrel1837 red gum wood1843 red gum1846 messmate1861 1837 G. F. Moore Evidences Inland Sea 48 We passed another variety of Eucalyptus—a tall, straight stem and scaly bark, called ‘Morrail’. 1897 L. Lindley-Cowen West Austral. Settler's Guide 47 The morrell gum is..commonly met with on the eastern agricultural lands, and is indicative of rich country. 1950 K. S. Prichard Winged Seeds 161 Big salmon gums, wadgil and morrel. 1973 G. M. Chippendale Eucalypts W. Austral. Goldfields 99 The name ‘morrel’ is an aboriginal name applied to several species. 1993 New Phytologist 125 538/2 The most nutrient-rich substrates were the Yilgarn ironstone outcrops and woodlands (salmon gum/morrell/gimlet woodlands). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837 |
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