| 单词 | red myrtle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred myrtle red myrtle n. chiefly Australian †(a) a tree or liana of the genus Metrosideros (family Myrtaceae); cf. rata n. 2 (obsolete rare); (b) any of several trees related to or formerly included in the genus Eugenia (family Myrtaceae), esp. the pink-flowered Syzygium paniculatum (now rare); (c) myrtle beech, Nothofagus cunnighamii; (also) the heavy pink-coloured wood of this tree. ΚΠ 1851 J. C. Richmond Let. 25 Mar. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. ii. 79 One of these parasites.., the red myrtle, winding in & out of its patron becomes itself an enormous tree stifling the original growth... It is covered in season with lovely scarlet & gold flowers in shape like those of the English myrtle. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 531 Eugenia myrtifolia... ‘Brush Cherry’ or ‘Native Myrtle’. Called ‘Red Myrtle’ in Southern New South Wales. 1889 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 29. 114 Red Myrtle..—A sound, mild-working wood of a bright pink colour, resembling English beech in grain. 1926 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 25 437 Eugenia helimampra [sic]..Red Myrtle (Fraser Island). 2004 Mercury (Australia) (Nexis) 25 May 3 A big Tasmanian mining company could thwart plans to log precious red myrtle in the state's North-West. < as lemmas |
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