请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 native mulberry
释义

> as lemmas

native mulberry
native mulberry n. any of several trees that are related to the mulberry, or that resemble it in some way; esp. (a) U.S. the red mulberry, Morus rubra, of North America; (b) Australian the small tree Pipturus argenteus (family Urticaceae), which bears a white, mulberry-like fruit; (c) Australian the pigeon-berry tree, Litsea dealbata (family Lauraceae). (also) the fruit of any of these trees.
ΚΠ
1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Feb. 164 The indigenous silk-worm weaves its web over our trees, and the native mulberry beautifies our landscape with its trembling leaves.
1871 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1870 3 185 Entelea arborescens... The Whau, or native Mulberry, is remarkable for its immense cordate leaves.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 563 Litsea dealbata... ‘Pigeon-berry Tree.’ ‘Native Mulberry.’
1914 Science 30 Oct. 614/2 Others [sc. native U.S. fruits] which can only be named are:..the high-bush cranberry; native mulberries; [etc.].
1936 J. W. Audas Native Trees Austral. 229 Litsea dealbata... A well-known tree of Queensland and New South Wales called Native Mulberry or Pigeon-Berry Tree.
1984 K. A. W. Williams Native Plants Queensland II. 224 Native Mulberry... The small, mulberry-like fruits..are sweet and juicy.
extracted from nativeadj.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/25 10:43:50