单词 | olearia |
释义 | Olearian. A genus of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) consisting of evergreen shrubs and trees bearing clusters of daisy-like white, mauve, etc., flowers, native to Australasia and often grown in coastal districts elsewhere; (also olearia) a tree or shrub of this genus (also called daisy bush, daisy tree). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 1839 G. Don Sweet's Hortus Britannicus (ed. 3) 344 (heading) Olearia DC. [English name] Olearia. 1852 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 78 4638 Mr. Gunn's Olearia..is another interesting plant of Van Diemen's Land, which braves the cold of England. 1869 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 1 iii. 4 Along the shore there is a profusion of shrub Veronicas and Olearias. 1882 T. H. Potts Out in Open 64 Soon to be lost beneath a covering screen of veronicas, olearias, gnarled and knotted griselinias. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 221/1 The trees, especially the rata and the olearia, grow for nearly half their length along the ground. 1959 Listener 22 Jan. 174/1 He sometimes tears at the bark of the ceanothus and olearias. 1971 Homes & Gardens Sept. 127/2 Many olearias have grey under-sides to the foliage. 1997 Guardian 19 July (Weekend Suppl.) 45/2 There is a feeling of being somewhere different and exotic, with plants that are tender for most of us—echiums, olearias, cordylines and eucalyptus—in the ascendant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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