| 单词 | rosebay rhododendron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosebay rhododendron 3. Now chiefly North American. Any of numerous plants and trees of the genus Rhododendron (including those formerly classified in the genus Azalea; cf. rhododendron n. 2); esp. the great laurel, R. maximum, a large shrub of eastern North America with clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers (also more fully rosebay rhododendron). Frequently with distinguishing word. mountain rosebay: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons mountain rose1640 rhododendron1657 Alpine rose1728 winterbloom1752 azalea1753 mountain rosebay1759 rosebay1760 rhodora1770 mountain laurel1785 swamp azalea1796 big laurel1810 rose tree1818 white honeysuckle1818 meadow pink1827 Pinkster1833 mayflower1838 alpenrose1839 swamp pink1840 rhodie1851 swamp honeysuckle1856 ponticum1875 tree azalea1884 rhodo1886 Kurume azalea1920 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rose Bay, Dwarf, Rhododendron. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 239 Azalea procumbens,..Trailing Rosebay. Highland mountains. 1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 376 Rhododendron maximum, American Rose Bay. 1868 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 3 170/2 The large Rhododendron, Mountain Laural, or Rosebay, yields honey abundantly, but of a deleterious and poisonous quality. 1917 C. H. Snow Wood & Org. Struct. Materials vii. 195 The wood of the Great Laurel or Rose Bay (Rhododendron maximum) is hard, rather brittle, close-grained, and heavy, and is sometimes used as a substitute for Boxwood. 1950 Amer. Midlant Naturalist 43 749 Rhododendron maximum L. Rosebay Rhododendron. Also confined to mountainous areas but absent from the Cumberland. 2006 G. Ellison Blue Ridge Nature Jrnl. 34/1 Rosebay is the only evergreen or deciduous species in the genus that can attain arboreal proportions. < as lemmas |
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