单词 | beam-tree |
释义 | beam-treen. A tree ( Pyrus aria) related to the Apple, Pear, and Wild Service, bearing flat corymbs of flowers, succeeded by rich scarlet berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > whitebeam > [noun] whitebeam1633 whip-beam1733 beam-tree1800 hoar withy1879 service-berry1890 1800 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (1828) II. 366 Pyrus Aria, White Beam-tree, White Wild Pear-tree. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 84 The timber of the Beam-tree is invaluable for axletrees. 1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 16 Without the White prefixed..Beam-tree is a silly pleonasm, a tree-tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1800 |
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