单词 | tar-bush |
释义 | > as lemmastar-bush tar-bush n. one of several aromatic shrubs of western North America, esp. one of the genus Eriodictyon, of the family Hydrophyllaceæ, which includes several sticky or tomentose evergreens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 134/2 Tar-bush, Californian. Eriodictyon californicum. 1902 Out West Oct. 452 There were the innumerable cacti with their brilliant flowers, and the tar bush. 1949 Chicago Tribune 20 Feb. 30/3 Cedar and mesquite alone are costing Texas ranchers 115 million dollars a year. Add the..blue oak, creosote, tarbush..and prickly pear and the toll is terrific. < as lemmas |
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