单词 | poplar twig |
释义 | > as lemmaspoplar twig poplar twig n. ΚΠ 1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. B4 To store eche Nymph with shafts, the goddesse bids, To fill her quiuers all with Poplar twigs. 1756 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry xxxii. 168/2 Where Birch is scarce they sometimes make Brooms of white Poplar Twigs. 1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris I. 335 Ordering three hundredweight of poplar-twigs for experiments in yellow dyeing. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands xiii. 148 The lunar hornet moth has a caterpillar which lives hidden inside willow or poplar twigs feeding on the pith. 2000 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 23 By boiling poplar twigs he discovered a rich yellow dye, a technique he developed during his time in Leek. < as lemmas |
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