| 单词 | native daphne |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnative daphne native daphne n. (a) Australian a small Australian tree, Myoporum montanum (family Myoporaceae), valued for its timber; (b) Australian the tree Pittosporum undulatum (family Pittosporaceae), native to Australia and grown in gardens there for its fragrant flowers; (c) New Zealand either of two small New Zealand shrubs, Pimelea longifolia and P. prostrata (family Thymelaeaceae), with fragrant flowers. ΚΠ 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants 575 Native Daphne... Timber soft and moderately light, yet tough. It is used for building purposes. 1960 R. E. Harrison Handbk. Trees & Shrubs for Southern Hemisphere (ed. 2) 255/1 P[ittosporum] undulatum. This half-hardy Australian species commonly called the Native Daphne, scents the whole garden at night with its creamy-white flowers. 1961 W. Martin Flora N.Z. (ed. 4) 204 [Another very floriferous shrub to be seen on the] drier hillsides of Nelson and Marlborough and of North Island hills is that known as the Native Daphne or Taranga (Pimelea longifolia). 1965 Austral. Encycl. VI. 236/1 M[yoporum] tenuifolium..has a soft, moderately light wood... The very closely related M. montanum has been called native myrtle, native daphne, and..water-bush. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 May 21/7 The native pittosporum undulatum, sometimes referred to as a native daphne, will delight many a passer-by as its sweetness wafts on the wind. 1995 A. Crowe Which Coastal Plant? 38 Native daphne [sc. Pimelea prostrata] is a useful mat-like plant to use in rock gardens. < as lemmas |
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