单词 | simaroubaceous |
释义 | simaroubaceousadj. Botany. Belonging to or characteristic of the family Simaroubaceae of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs, which includes the genera Ailanthus, Quassia, Simarouba, and others.A number of genera have recently been moved to other families. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [adjective] simaroubaceous1818 paperbark1841 ficoid1884 ficoidal1884 niaouli1884 ternstrœmiaceous1885 Terminalia1926 tiare1931 1818 H. M. Williams in tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. III. vi. 31 We find..among the simaroubaceous [plants], the quassia amara, celebrated in the feverish plains of Surinam. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. vi. 213 Among simarubaceous plants [Fr. les Simaroubées], the Quassia amara, celebrated in the feverish plains of Surinam. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Med. 21 520/1 We are curtly being taught that ‘quassia’ is quassia and that the numerous varieties of simarubaceous trees are identical pharmacologically, all containing quassin. 2008 E. L. Ghisalberti in M. Colegate & R. J. Molyneux Bioactive Nat. Products (ed. 2) ii. 35 A number of extracts from simaroubaceous plants and their alkaloid and quassinoid components have been tested. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818 |
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