| 单词 | resin bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresin bush resin bush n. any of various South African evergreen shrubs of the genus Euryops (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), which have yellow daisy-like heads and exude resin from the stem and leaves; also called harpuisbos. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > African rosin tree1577 harpuisbos1811 resin bush1822 bumbo1839 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 259 The inhabitants of this district, when in want of resin, use as a substitute, a gum which exudes from different species of shrubs; which they therefore call Harpuis bosch (resin bush). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 479/2 Euryops speciosissimus is called Resin-bush by the colonists, because of a gummy exudation often seen on the stem and leaves. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 873/2 Cape mastic is the produce of Euryops multifidus, the resin bush, or harpuis bosch of the Boers. 2000 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 31 200 Euryops multifidus (resin bush), a South African shrub that was introduced into southern Arizona in 1938, is not eaten by domestic or native herbivores. < as lemmas |
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