单词 | queensland |
释义 | Queenslandn. Australian. 1. In the names of plants occurring in Queensland or products obtained from them. a. Queensland nut n. either of two Australian trees of the genus Macadamia (family Proteaceae), M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla, valued for their edible nuts; a nut from either of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts mani1604 nuciprune1682 breadnut?1740 buckeye1785 mockernut1804 breadnut1828 philopena1839 nutlet1848 Barcelona nut1851 buffalo-nut1857 urucuri1860 Queensland nut1870 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > macadamia nut > macadamia nut tree Macadamia1858 Queensland nut1870 1870 Illustr. Sydney News 6 June 3/1 The Government have proclaimed that the cutting and removal of certain timber, named the ‘Bunya Bunya’ and the ‘Queensland nut’ is now absolutely prohibited. 1928 E. H. F. Swain Timber & Forest Products Queensland 472 The Queensland Nut is one of the finest edible nuts. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Dec. 527/1 A number of Queensland nut trees growing in Northland are producing good crops annually. 1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 155 Macadamia integrifolia. Macadamia, Queensland or Bopple Nut... A rainforest tree, although widely cultivated commercially. b. Queensland hemp n. Paddy's lucerne, Sida rhombifolia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Australasian > other Australian plants lechenaultia1814 spear-grass1847 Spaniard1851 acroclinium1852 fuchsia1866 scrub vine1866 bayonet grass1868 Scotchman1872 Queensland hemp1876 Spanish soldier1901 bindi-eye1911 scab weed1927 1876 Daily Free Press (Winnipeg) 13 June 4/1 Examples of the thick evenfibred Gida Rebusa or Queensland hemp. 1920 J. H. Maiden Weeds New S. Wales 58 Paddy's Lucerne or Queensland Hemp..is of course not a hemp nor is it confined to Queensland, but let that pass. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VIII. 127/2 S. rhombifolia (Queensland hemp or Paddy's lucerne) is widespread in the tropics of both hemispheres. c. Queensland bean n. = matchbox bean n. at matchbox n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1883 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 1882 7 139 Entada scandens..is the well-known ‘Queensland Bean’, the large seeds of which are made into match boxes. 1905 A. Searcy In Northern Seas 29 On the beach I found a Queensland bean just sprouting. 1988 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 4 Oct. The perfume bottles were made from hollowed-out Queensland beans. ΚΠ 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 110/1 Plum-tree, Queensland, Sour, Owenia venosa. Plum-tree, Queensland, Sweet, Owenia cerasifera. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 49 Queensland Plum, Sweet Plum. This plant bears a fine juicy red fruit with a large stone. e. Queensland kauri n. a tall kauri pine, Agathis robusta (family Araucariaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > pine > types of bog fir1770 ocote1787 Georgia pine1796 Labrador pine1803 pumpkin pine1809 Banksian pine1831 bog-pine1842 tamarack pine1843 tamarack1864 Baltic pine1866 Norway pine1866 slash-pine1882 Queensland kauri1889 krummholz1908 fat-wood1909 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 414 ‘Queensland Kauri’, or ‘Dundathu Pine’. Wood of a light yellow colour..largely used by joiners and cabinet-makers. 1932 R. S. Troup Exotic Forest Trees in Brit. Empire 32 Agathis robusta..Queensland kauri. A very large tree attaining 160 ft. in height. 2005 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 7 July f3 You can see the tallest Queensland kauri (Agathis robusta) in the continental U.S., a neck-bending 120 feet high. f. Queensland poplar n. the native poplar, Omalanthus nutans; cf. poplar n. 3(b). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > Australian poplar mustard tree1619 poplar1700 horseradish tree1859 native poplar1889 Queensland poplar1890 radish tree1898 1890 Cent. Dict. at Poplar Queensland poplar. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 1006/2 H[omalanthus] populifolius. Queensland Poplar. Shrub of 6 ft. g. Queensland maple n. either of two evergreen trees of the genus Flindersia (family Rutaceae), F. brayleyana and F. pimenteliana; the wood of either of these trees, used in cabinetmaking. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > maple > types of peacock's tail1664 sugar maple1731 curled maple1778 bird's eye maple1793 soft maple1806 Queensland maple1915 tiger maple1961 1915 Frederick (Maryland) Post 19 Nov. 8/1 Another unusual timber product is the Queensland Maple, resembling the eastern maple in grain and polish but carrying out the birdseye effect in tones suggestive of the Italian walnut. 1934 W. A. Osborne Visitor to Austral. 67 The Queensland maple, really allied to mahogany, gives a wood much in demand for panelling and furniture. 1981 A. B. Cribb & J. W. Cribb Useful Wild Plants Austral. 135 Queensland maple is one of the most highly regarded and widely used cabinet timbers in Australia. h. Queensland walnut n. the wood of the evergreen tree Endiandra palmerstonii (family Lauraceae), which resembles walnut; the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > walnut > types of oyster walnut1917 Queensland walnut1919 1919 R. T. Baker Hardwoods Austral. ii. 339 Cryptocarya Palmerstoni..‘Queensland Walnut’..is fairly heavy, of a chocolate colour, approaching English and American Walnut..takes a good polish, and possesses a fine figure. 1967 A. Rule Forests Austral. xii. 140 Australia's cabinet timbers—Queensland walnut, Queensland maple,..and so forth—were found to make fine sliced veneers. 1983 Biotropica 15 97 The best local example of seed longevity in primary forest trees is Endiandra palmerstonii (Queensland walnut) which produces large seeds..with woody endocarps. 2. Queensland sore n. a poorly healing sore symptomatic of scurvy. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > sore sorec1000 cweise?c1225 sorancec1440 shoyn1527 uncome1542 sorance1592 rawness1607 button farcy1673 fleck1695 raw1825 cold sore1842 bed-sore1861 fox1862 pressure sore1889 Queensland sore1892 salt sore1908 salt-burn1917 pressure point1929 1892 G. L. James Shall I try Australia? xxiv. 242 ‘Queensland Sores’..are, I believe, generally attributed to excessive thinness and poverty of the blood, caused by the great heat and an absence of vegetable diet. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 62 Barcoo rot, Kennedy rot or Queensland sore, a festering sore difficult to cure under inland conditions—it rapidly disappears when the sufferer eats plenty of fruit or green vegetables. 2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland iii. 73 Barcoo sore, also called Queensland sore. An ulcer on the skin symptomatic of Barcoo rot. 3. Queensland heeler n. an Australian cattle dog; cf. Queensland blue n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > Australian cattle-dog cattle-dog1878 bluey1879 blue heeler1900 Queensland heeler1905 Australian cattle-dog1926 Queensland blue heeler1956 1905 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Austral.) 30 Sept. Lost,..a yellow and grey spotted slut, Queensland heeler, about eight months old. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 116 Patting the Queensland heeler..that was..to be rechristened later on, ‘lousy mongrel’. 2010 Porterville (Calif.) Recorder 7 July 16 Rosalina is a large black and grey female Queensland Heeler who is very sick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870 |
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