| 单词 | purslane tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurslane tree purslane tree n. †(a) [after Hellenistic Greek ἀνδραχνος the tree Arbutus andrachne, by association with ancient Greek ἀνδράχνη purslane] the strawberry tree of the eastern Mediterranean, Arbutus andrachne (obsolete); (b) South African the spekboom, a fleshy-leaved shrub or small tree of southern Africa, Portulacaria afra, allied to purslane. ΚΠ 1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Highgate 65 in Wks. I Vnder yond' purslane tree stood sometime my cradle. 1792 Catal. Hot-house, Green-house & Hardy Plants. (Dicksons & Co.) 4 132 Portulacaria afra..Purslane tree. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 48 In the temple of Promachos the remains of a purslain-tree are dedicated. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 120 The Purslane-tree, or Spek-boom, of South Africa is often the principal food of elephants and its foliage gives the characteristic coloring to the landscape. 1971 Encycl. Southern Afr. IV. 604/1 Elephant's-food or purslane tree (Portulacaria afra), called spekboom (fat-tree) in Afrikaans,..is found in the drier eastern regions of Africa south of Abyssinia. < as lemmas |
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