单词 | podocarp |
释义 | podocarpn. Botany. 1. A tree or shrub of the genus Podocarpus, or of the family Podocarpaceae. Frequently attributive. See Podocarpus n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > other conifers juniper1748 bald cypress1785 Norfolk Island pine1803 Norfolk pine1804 taxodium1821 kahikatea1823 Moreton Bay pine1826 mai1831 matai1831 white pine1833 podocarp1846 black rue1864 plum fir1866 cephalotaxus1883 hoop-pine1884 mountain hemlock1884 tide-land spruce1891 kahika1921 Leyland's cypress1933 Metasequoia1941 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 231 Of Podocarp, the richest of any in species, three are found at the Cape of Good Hope. 1858 G. Gordon Pinetum 268 (heading) Eupodocarpus, Endlicher, or the true podocarps. 1918 A. D. Webster Coniferous Trees i. 158 The Alpine Podocarp... This distinct and very interesting Tasmanian conifer may be seen in excellent condition in several gardens in the neighbourhood of London. 1939 M. Hornibrook Dwarf & Slow-growing Conifers (ed. 2) 216 Of the many podocarps which inhabit Australia and South America, not many of them are fully hardy in north European climates. 1977 N.Z. Listener 15 Jan. 21/2 Cut down the last of those giant podocarps and you cut down about 800 years of growth. 2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 9 The vegetation around us began to change markedly, the giant ferns and dense undergrowth thinning out between the groves of beech, podocarps (ancient evergreen conifers) and giant hardwood trees. ΚΠ 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. 256 In the Umbelliferæ,..the two carpels separate from the lower part of the axis, and remain attached to a prolongation of it, called a carpophore..,or podocarp. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Bot. 33 In Umbelliferæ the two carpels separate from the lower part of the axis, but remain attached to a prolongation of it, called a carpophore, or podocarp. ΚΠ 1879 in Webster Suppl. 1573/2 Podocarp, the stem supporting the fruit. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [adjective] > of or relating to other conifers spruce pine1731 cycadaceous1837 cycadeous1847 zamioid1860 araucarian1863 podocarpous1882 Sitka1883 podocarpaceous1932 1882 Nature 5 Jan. 229/1 There are fruits from Sheppey which I believe to be podocarpous, one at least seeming identical with P[odocarpus] elata of Queensland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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