单词 | small-leaved |
释义 | small-leavedadj. Chiefly in the names of plants: having small leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular shape or size broad-leaved1552 long-leaved1562 narrow-leaved1578 round-leaved1597 small-leaved1597 long-leafed1629 rosemary-leaved1633 rue-leaved1633 teretifolious1657 cut-leaved1731 longleaf1733 channel-leaved1758 halberd-shaped1770 alder-leaved1772 oak-leaved1776 holly-leaved1777 ivy-leaved1789 halberd-headed1795 daisy-leaved1796 narrow-leaf1804 oblique-leaved1807 sword-leaved1807 wing-leaved1822 flaggy1842 curly1845 macrophyllous1857 parvifolious1857 shield-leaved1860 curled1861 symphyllous1877 beak-leaved188. stenophyllous1880 thread-leaved1884 megaphyllous1901 little leaf1908 ivy-leaf1909 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 940 It is called in English small leafed Wormwood, Romaine Wormwood, garden or Cypres Wormwood, and French Wormwood. 1676 M. Cook Manner of raising Forrest-trees i. 2 If you bud the great-leaved Elm upon the small-leaved whilest it is young and full of sap, it will have larger leaves. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 209 The Tree most in use here, was the small-leaved Horne-Beam. ?a1775 W. Bartram Trav. Georgia & Florida in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1943) 33 140/1 A small leaved procumbent Euphorbium, Purslin, Nepellus. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 80 Rhinopoma Microphylla (Small-leaved Rhinopome Bat). 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 50 Graceful tufts Of small-leaved ferns. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 466 Eucalyptus hæmastoma... In the extreme south a variety sometimes goes by the name of ‘Rough’, or ‘Small-leaved Stringybark’. 1906 Gardening Illustr. 29 Sept. 422 We are not sure..whether you require a plant for the wall-top or wall-face... If the latter, you cannot do better than the small-leaved Virginia Creeper. 1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 209 The dunes gave way to the..hardy small-leafed bushes. 2001 Org. Gardening July 35/2 When harvesting small-leaved herbs, such as summer savory and some mints, pick entire stems rather than individual leaves. Compounds small-leaved lime n. the Eurasian lime tree, Tillia cordata, with heart-shaped leaves and scented flowers, formerly (and sometimes still) coppiced for timber and bast; cf. pry n.1 ΚΠ 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 297 Tilia folio minore... Small-leaved Lime, or Linden-tree; in some Countreys called Bast. 1769 Descr. Eng. & Wales IV. 10 The small leaved lime or linden-tree, frequently found in the hedges all over the county. 1849 Ann. Hort. 253/1 With respect to the small leaved Lime, the weight of evidence is in favour of its being considered indigenous. 1934 Times 16 Nov. 15/5 In Worcestershire we could plant the Service tree, whose leaves are now a symphony of crimsons, and the small-leaved lime. 2009 A. Miles Walk in Woods 20/1 Small-leaved lime has been one of Britain's core native broadleaved species for thousands of years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597 |
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