单词 | mountain heath |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain heath mountain heath n. any of the small heath-like shrubs that constitute the genus Phyllodoce (family Ericaceae), of arctic and alpine zones of the northern hemisphere. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Saxifraga Saxifraga; Alpina ericoides, flore cæruleo. Tourn. Mountain Heath-like Sengreen with a blue flower. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 232 M. cœrulea,... Mountain Heath. 1931 U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 101. 132 The mountain heaths..resemble heaths (Erica spp.). 1972 L. A. Viereck & E. L. Little Alaska Trees & Shrubs 217 Aleutian mountain-heath can commonly be found blooming..in protected depressions and adjacent to snow fields in the mountains. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 187 Blue Mountain Heath. A, or perhaps even, the, precious treasure of the Sow of Atholl in Perthshire, the only place in the British Isles where this rare gem can be found. < as lemmas |
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