| 单词 | bermuda cedar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBermuda cedar Bermuda cedar n. (also Bermudas cedar, †cedar of Bermuda's) a juniper native to Bermuda and now naturalized in Hawaii, Juniperus bermudiana; (also) the hard reddish wood of this tree, previously used in construction and shipbuilding.Up to 99% of native Bermuda cedars were killed following the introduction of scale insects to the island in the mid-twentieth cent., but some scale-resistant populations have survived. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 1700 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani viii. 75 The Cedar of Bermuda's. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 2 Strongly scented, extreamly like, if not the same with the Bermudas Cedar. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 460 Bermuda Cedar is..imported for casing black lead in pencils. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 848 Juniperus bermudiana, Bermudas Cedar. 1931 G. H. Kemper in Methods Handling Amer. Lumber in Mexico, Central Amer., & West Indies (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 26 The only domestic wood used in the building trade is the Bermuda cedar or juniper. 2004 Wildlife Conservation Feb. 34/3 A few Bermuda cedars had resisted the blight. < as lemmas |
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