| 单词 | peppermint tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeppermint tree a. Any of various eucalypts with leaves that yield an aromatic essential oil resembling that of peppermint (sense A. 1); esp. one belonging to the stringybark group; more fully peppermint tree. Also: the wood of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > Australian peppermint1790 1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 227 The name of Peppermint Tree has been given to this plant by Mr. White on account of the very great resemblance between the essential oil drawn from its leaves and that obtained from the Peppermint (Mentha piperita) which grows in England. 1824 Hobart Town Gaz. 1 Oct. in Austral. National Dict. (1988) (at cited word) Colonial Timber may at any time be purchased of an inhabitant of this town... Peppermint for shingles. 1853 J. Allen Jrnl. River Murray 28 We find the wood we shipped at the Darling (peppermint wood) very inferior. 1898 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 23 796 E. Sieberiana, var. Oxlyensis, var. nov..has been called Peppermint with reference to the appearance of the bark alone. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling vi. 51 He found the poor thief by the sight of his boots poking out between two stones that made him a house under a peppermint tree. 1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 94 The Australian peppermint tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina) is the tallest of all trees. 1993 Times 30 Jan. (Weekend section) 8/1 Several..make excellent house and conservatory plants, including the lemon-scented gum (E. citriodora), the black-peppermint (E. nicholi). peppermint tree b. Any of several other trees of the family Myrtaceae with peppermint-scented leaves, esp. willow myrtle, Agonis flexuosa. Also peppermint tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs burrawang1826 water gum1826 kaikomako1832 karaka1834 kawa-kawa1838 peppermint1838 bottle tree1844 ngaio1849 Grevillea1853 red birch1853 wooden pear1860 muskwood1866 sugar-tree1866 tulip-tree1866 hop-bush1883 mock orange1884 mountain beech1884 sage tree1884 tile-seed1884 mutton-bird scrub1889 red birch1889 silver-tree1889 whalebone-tree1889 budda1890 camphor laurel1894 pepperbush1895 mustard bush1898 willow myrtle1898 pigeon wood1899 horizontal scrub1909 turkey-bush1911 pandani1923 mock orange1929 1838 Swan River Guardian (Perth) 15 Feb. 4 Our peppermint tree is a fine species of Metrosideros. 1893 A. F. Calvert W. A. & Its Gold Fields 18 For boat crooks, Agonis flexuosa, known as the peppermint tree from its odour, is much esteemed by local boat-builders. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 53/1 The willow myrtle, Agonis flexuosa..is often called peppermint in its home State, Western Australia. 2000 Afr. Entomol. 8 23 The flowering of the Western Australian peppermint tree, Agonis flexuosa.., coincided with the phenology of T. tincticollis larvae. < as lemmas |
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