单词 | redbud tree |
释义 | > as lemmasredbud tree 1. More fully redbud tree. Any of several small trees or shrubs constituting the genus Cercis (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), which produce masses of deep pink flowers in the spring before the leaves; esp. the North American C. canadensis. Also: †the edible flowers produced by C. canadensis (obsolete). Cf. Judas tree n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > Judas-tree Judas tree1597 arbor Judae1669 redbud1675 love tree1866 1675 Indenture 24 Nov. in E. Merritt Arch. Maryland (1954) LXVI. 8 A line drawne South East for the length of fifty perches to a bound red bud Tree. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xvii. 56 These [Roots, Herbs, etc.] they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious Sauce to their Meats;..such are the Red-Buds, Sassafras-Flowers, Cymnels, Melons, and Potatoes. 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 100 The Red-Bud-Tree bears a purple Lark-Heel, and is the best Sallad, of any Flower I ever saw. 1776 W. Boutcher Treat. Forest-trees (new ed.) xxii. 135 The second sort is common in..most of the northern countries of America, where it is called the Red Bud, from the beautiful colour of its flower-buds. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 4 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 202 The red-bud, the tree which blooms earliest in our woods,..appears in a few places. 1868 Rep. U.S. Commissioners (1869) 201 European red-bud (Cercis siliquastrum). 1883 Cent. Mag. July 379/1 The pink tassels of the redbud lit up the dark mass of foliage. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 164 Lilac and wistaria and redbud..had never been finer. 1977 New Yorker 2 May 51/2 The dogwoods and redbuds blossomed. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. vi. 115 Featherstone broke off a branch of redbud blossoms and tapped her on the forehead with the flowers. < as lemmas |
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