| 单词 | bay-gall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbay-gall bay-gall n. U.S. (a) = bay n.2 4 (see also quots.); (b) Botany the red bay (see red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(d)). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > with trees carrc1440 pine swamp1635 cedar-swamp1637 maple swamp1667 bay-swamp1741 bay-gall1775 bay1795 taiga1888 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] laure971 laurela1375 laurel-treea1375 laurya1400 Daphnec1430 bay1530 sweet bay1716 red bay1731 bay-gall1775 sweet bay laurel1858 Oregon myrtle1908 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 15 Swamps, marshes, and bay, or cypress galls. 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 620 Red Bay..Bay Galls..Wood of a fine rose-color, once used in cabinet-work. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 440 Bay-Galls are large, gloomy, almost impenetrable swamps in Florida, full of deer, bear, and catamount. 1889 Cent. Dict. Bay-gall, a watercourse covered with spongy earth, mixed with matted fibers, and impregnated with acids. 1902 N. Webster Suppl. Bay-gall 1. (Bot.) The red bay (Persea Borbonia, syn. P. Carolinensis). 2. A tract of boggy land, esp. one overgrown with bay trees and gall-berry bushes (Southern U.S.). < as lemmas |
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