单词 | old man saltbush |
释义 | old man saltbushn. Australian. Either of two Australian shrubs of the family Chenopodiaceae, Atriplex nummularia, used as fodder for sheep in dry areas, and (occasionally) Rhagodia parabolica. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > fodder for sheep turnip1548 wild turnip1597 broouage1610 French turnip1731–3 brush-turnip1799 break1805 old man saltbush1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > trees or shrubs used for fodder ramon tree?1740 sweetleaf1836 horse-sugar1864 old man saltbush1866 cattle-bush1889 1866 Kyneton (Austral.) Observer 24 Mar. (Suppl.) The Old Man Salt-bush abounds up the river, and reaches a height of twelve feet or more. The leaf is very salt. The wood is remarkably tough, and the branches scraggy. 1880 Jrnl. & Proc. Royal Soc. New S. Wales 14 140 The order in which the salt-bushes proper are considered to stand from a grazier's point of view are 1st, A. numularia [sic], or old man salt-bush. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 16 He disappeared in the timber and old-man salt-bush. 1907 F. Turner Anderson's Man. Farm 132 Round-leaved or Old Man Salt-Bush (Atriplex nummularia)..bears a great resemblance to the true ‘Old Man Salt-Bush’ (Rhagodia parabolica). 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 June 25/1 Old-man saltbush is a rapid grower and gives more fodder in drought-time than any other tree. 1954 B. Miles Stars my Blanket x. 58 A great valley, the floor..thickly covered with Old Man Saltbush. 1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 3 Dec. 39/2 Wintong..is described by agents as having excellent salt bush,..and scattered old man saltbush swamps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866 |
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