单词 | reed-tree |
释义 | > as lemmasreed-tree ΚΠ 1734 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) I. 92/2 This [sc. the oak of Mamre], say they, must be the same with the reed-tree (Calamus) of Seth. 1755 M. Postlethwayt tr. J. Savary des Brûlons Universal Dict. Trade II. 397/2 Bamboo is..employed in the same country [sc. China] for a kind of paper; and..is the reed-tree of Gaspar Bauhin. 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 101 Calamodendron,..literally ‘reed-tree’.] 1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man vi. 131 The..Calamodendron or Reed-tree..had stems with thick woody walls. 1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel Hist. Creation (new ed.) II. xix. 125 A survivor of the giant reed-trees,..the Equisetum giganteum. < as lemmas |
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