单词 | robur |
释义 | roburn. Now rare. An oak tree; spec. (more fully robur oak) the common or pedunculate oak, Quercus robur; (also) the hard, durable heartwood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 542 The same is the case of the mast-Holme, the wild Robur also, and the common Oke. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Essalbarnáto, a kind of Robur or Oke tree. 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxxi. 181 Oak for Ships, and Houses (or more minutely) the Oak for the Keel, the Robur for the Prow, Walnut the Stern, Elm the Pump. 1744 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved V. ii. i. 35 Galls [sc. oak-apples] are of several Kinds, but grow upon different Species of Robur. 1827 Franklin Jrnl. June 369 The strength..and hardness of the sessile-fruited oak render it superior for ship-building, but it is both heavier, and more difficult to work, than the robur. 1836 Gardener's Mag. Nov. 571 Though there are sessile oaks bearing fruit on peduncles, and roburs bearing almost sessile fruit, there is yet a certain undescribable something about them. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. ii. 48 It was again noon when she passed the last robur-oak and cork trees. 1988 Ambio 17 269 Although this new type of tree disease mainly affects the sessile oak, nevertheless, in several areas, the robur oak, alder, ash and the cultivated Scotch fir..are also affected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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