| 单词 | skunk spruce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskunk spruce skunk spruce n. any of several strong-smelling North American spruces; esp. the white spruce, Picea glauca. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > spruces spruce?1602 Norway fir1666 spruce fir1676 hemlock tree1679 hemlock1728 spruce pine1731 white spruce1731 black spruce1741 red spruce1741 Norway spruce1766 silver fir1789 var1793 Engelmann1866 Sitka spruce1867 Sitka pine1868 skunk spruce1876 Colorado spruce1881 Yeddo spruce1932 1876 J. J. Rowan Emigrant & Sportsman in Canada x. 277 A variety of the latter [sc. the black spruce (Abies nigra)], called by the Indians ‘skunk spruce’, from its smell. 1897 C. R. Dodge Descriptive Catal. Useful Fiber Plants of World (Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric., Fiber Investig., No. 9) 266 Picea canadensis. White Spruce... Common names.—White spruce, single spruce, skunk spruce, cat spruce, etc. 1948 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 24 Dec. 8/2 A tree specialist..said the tree was a ‘skunk spruce’ which had never been regarded as good for anything. 2010 R. L. Bitner Timber Press Pocket Guide Conifers 130/2 The needles emit a pungent odor when crushed, leading to the common name of skunk spruce. < as lemmas |
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