单词 | palo verde |
释义 | palo verden. Chiefly U.S. Any of certain small trees or shrubs of the genus Parkinsonia (family Caesalpiniaceae ( Leguminosae)), with distinctive green bark, characteristic of desert areas in south-western North America.Some species were formerly placed in the separate genus Cercidium. ΚΠ 1829 R. W. H. Hardy Trav. Interior Mexico xvi. 447 Of trees and herbs, the following are the chief..: palo verde and palo blanco (the bark of which, here and in Sonora, is used for tanning leather). 1860 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2 129 In the eastern part of the Papagoria, the country is..covered with a low growth of mesquite and palo verde brush. 1913 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 533 The valleys [in the Sonora Desert] contain in abundance trees—of which the most common are mesquito (Prosopis velutina) and paloverde (Parkinsonia torreyana)—shrubs and cacti. 1947 Southern Sierran May 4/2 The flaming red of the Ocotillo and the bright lemon yellow of the Palo Verde were outstanding. 2001 New Scientist 13 Jan. 47/2 Southern species include acacia, mesquite, palo verde, carob and mimosa, while catalpa, locust, laburnum and gleditsia are grown in colder climates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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