| 单词 | oyamel fir |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyamel fir A large fir tree, Abies religiosa, found at high altitudes in Mexico, and used in carpentry and as a source of turpentine and balsamic medicinal oil. More fully oyamel fir. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > fir-tree > names used for various firs silver fir1834 oyamel1871 1871 A. S. Evans Our Sister Republic 265 The shrubs, in place of the beautiful cedars and oyameles..indicate clearly, the great elevation and the thinness of the air unfavorable to vegetation. 1949 L. R. Patiño in Proc. Inter-Amer. Conf. Conservation Renewable Nat. Resources 765 Trees obtained from the district nursery, including the horsetail tree, Mexican pine.., cedar, oyamel (Mexican secred [sic] fir), and tamarisk. 1984 R. M. Pyle Audubon Soc. Handbk. for Butterfly Watchers xix. 235 Only then do the millions of migrants start to settle back onto the oyamels for the night, clinging to every needle so thickly they form a pelage like reddest fox fur. 1993 Canad. Geographic May 44/2 Thinning the oyamel forests, or even removing underbrush, could adversely affect the microclimate upon which monarch survival depends. 2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 6 July d7 During the last several years, demand has climbed for softwood trees like the Oyamel fir, which serve as winter bungalows for an estimated half-billion butterflies in the mountains of central Mexico. < as lemmas |
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