单词 | paliurus |
释义 | paliurusn. Originally: the spiny shrub Paliurus spina-christi, also called Christ's thorn. Later also: any of the Eurasian shrubs and small trees which constitute the genus Paliurus (family Rhamnaceae); (in form Paliurus) the genus itself.Adopted as a genus name by J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. xxi. iii. 616.Valid publication of the genus name: P. Miller Gardeners Dict.: Abridged (ed. 4, 1754) III. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > other thorn-trees paliurec1384 paliurusa1398 sea-willow1548 Christ's thorn1553 buckler-thorn1562 garland-thorn1597 goat's thorn1597 Jews thorn1597 milk-vetch1597 sea-buckthorn1731 Spanish hedgehog thorn1760 sensitive briar1802 lily thorn1816 sallow thorn1847 cat-brier1875 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 242 Paliurus is a thistill most rowh and scharp with prikkes. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. xxvi. 1153 This shrubbie thorne Paliurus was the thorne wherewith they crowned our Sauiour Christ. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 323 A semper-virent shrub with a leaf like Oleander; Terebinthus; Paliurus. 1717 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 477 The Paliurus or Christ Thorn, the Ricinus or Palma Christi, common in the hedges. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 213 Paliurus or Christ's-thorn... Being very common in Palestine, it is supposed to be the thorn with which our Saviour was crowned. 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 384/2 Paliurus (Tournefort), a genus of deciduous shrubs, native to the south of Europe and Nepal, belonging to the order Rhamneæ. The Christ's thorn (P. aculeatus) is a prickly shrub. 1870 Philos. Trans. 1869 (Royal Soc.) 159 457 A Dryandra, an Aralia and a Paliurus probably constituted the brushwood of the forest. 1909 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36 248 The modern species of Paliurus, which usually has serrate or crenate leaves. 1952 H. N. Moldenke & A. L. Moldenke Plants of Bible (1986) 165 Dr. Evenari agrees with Post that Paliurus does not grow in Judea, and is rare in Palestine. 1978 S. W. Jones in V. H. Heywood Flowering Plants of World 187/3 Rhamnaceae... Some [fruits] are dry, dehiscent and wind-dispersed (eg Paliurus), but most are fleshy drupes or nuts. 1996 Nation (Nexis) 29 Jan. 9 The dead body, its neck and legs bound together with withies of the shrub called paliurus, was set up on a mound. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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