单词 | big tree |
释义 | > as lemmasbig tree big tree n. North American either of two very large North American trees, the giant sequoia (or wellingtonia), Sequoiadendron giganteum, and the California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > sequoias > [noun] big tree1853 mammoth tree1856 Sequoia1866 wellingtonia1880 1853 Placer (Calif.) Times 27 June 2/2 The Big Tree at the World's Fair. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 193/1 The ‘big trees’ proper are confined to certain groves on the western flank of the Sierra Nevada. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1031 Then there is the strength of longevity, for the oldest living creatures in the world are some of the big trees (Sequoia) of California, which have lasted for three thousand years. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory iv. 187 The Big Trees were thus seen as the botanical correlate of America's heroic nationalism at a time when the Republic was suffering its most divisive crisis since the Revolution. < as lemmas |
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