单词 | pea tree |
释义 | pea treen. 1. Any of various shrubs or trees of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae) with flowers resembling those of the cultivated pea, Pisum sativum; spec.: (a) any of various usually spiny and yellow-flowered shrubs or small trees constituting the genus Caragana of central and eastern Asia, esp. (more fully Siberian pea tree) C. sibirica, native to Siberia and Manchuria and often grown for ornament; (b) any of various shrubs or trees of the tropical genus Sesbania (cf. swamp pea-tree n. at swamp n. Compounds 6). Frequently with distinguishing word.coral pea-tree: see coral n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > other non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] andrachne1601 genip1666 allspice1686 allspice tree1691 Morinda1754 garcinia1760 pea tree1766 canarium1776 Pemphis1777 oak tree1789 buddleia1791 ixora1816 Canary wood1820 persea1823 naio1826 plume nutmeg1846 partridge pea1852 Leichhardt-tree1860 hardwood1864 scrubwood1874 tree lily1891 pagoda tree1940 schefflera1954 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > other Asian trees or shrubs China-pea1660 pea tree1766 koelreuteria1789 stink-tree1795 ume1822 Java almond1824 weenonga1838 St. Thomas' tree1866 golden shower1882 Jew's mallow1884 mokihana1888 1766 E. Bancroft Let. 8 July in Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana (1769) 44 The Pigeon, or Angola Pea Tree, is a branching shrub. 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. Swamp pea-tree, Aeschynomene aquatica. 1853 A. J. Downing Landscape Gardening Amer. 446 Caragana Chamlagu, the Siberian Pea tree; yellow. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 855 Pea-tree, Sesbania. 1936 H. Gilbert-Carter Brit. Trees & Shrubs 159 C[aragana] arborescens. Pea-Tree... Native of Siberia; the commonest species in cultivation both in this country and central Europe. 1990 Garbage Nov. 37/2 Ms. Yang admires the pendulous branches of weeping cherry, weeping spruce, and siberian pea trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > laburnum > [noun] laburnum1567 awber1684 Scotch laburnum1776 pea tree1822 golden chain1825 gold chain1841 false ebony1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > laburnum as timber tree laburnum1567 awber1684 Scotch laburnum1776 pea tree1822 false ebony1892 1822 R. Pollok in D. Pollok Life (1843) 157 The pea-tree bended its modest head, covered with locks of lovely yellow. 1845 T. Aird Old Bachelor xvi. 173 The pods of the pea-tree laburnum hang from every branch in clusters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1766 |
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