单词 | purple beech |
释义 | > as lemmaspurple beech purple beech n. (more fully purple beech tree) an ornamental variety of the beech, Fagus sylvatica, with purplish leaves. ΚΠ 1792 Catal. Hot-house, Green-house, & Hardy Plants, Shrubs, & Trees (Dicksons & Co., Edinburgh) 68 Fagus..purpurea... Purple beech tree. 1906 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33 81 Not infrequently in the purple beech the young leaves will be of a distinct purplish-red color and almost entirely free from chlorophyl. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Aug. e7/1 I love purple beech for its aubergine leaves, which turn bronze in late summer. < as lemmas |
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